CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-20244

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Wow Forms WordPress Plugin version 2.1 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary database information by exploiting an unescaped POST parameter.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'mwpformid' parameter, which may lead to the disclosure of sensitive database contents, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Wow Forms plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and review application security to minimize SQL injection risks.

Original NVD description (English source)

Wow Forms WordPress Plugin version 2.1 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary database information by exploiting an unescaped POST parameter. Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'mwpformid' parameter in requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the 'send_mwp_form' action to extract sensitive database contents.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS