CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-20246

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.27%

19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs

Summary

The KittyCatfish 2.2 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read database contents by exploiting an unescaped GET parameter. Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'kc_ad' parameter in base.css.php or kittycatfish.php to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.

Risk Assessment

The risk is unauthorized access to the entire WordPress database, including user passwords, API keys, and other confidential information, which could lead to full site compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately remove or update the KittyCatfish plugin to a patched version, audit logs for signs of attack, and reset all user passwords.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

KittyCatfish 2.2 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read database contents by exploiting an unescaped GET parameter. Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'kc_ad' parameter in base.css.php or kittycatfish.php to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.

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