WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.6 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2020-12104
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published April 28, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Nawaf Alkeraithe, Hashim Alshareef, Hashim Alshareef
Description

The Import feature in the wp-advanced-search plugin 3.3.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated SQL injection via an uploaded .sql file. An attacker can use this to execute SQL commands without any validation.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-advanced-search (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.3.6
Patched Version
  • 3.3.7
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