CVE Catalog

CVE-2018-25434

HighCVSS 8.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.34%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

SQL Injection vulnerability in WP AutoSuggest 0.24, allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code into the wpas_keys parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to autosuggest.php.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves extracting sensitive data from the WordPress database, including passwords and user data, which can lead to site takeover.

Recommendation

Immediately update WP AutoSuggest to a version above 0.24 and apply input validation for the wpas_keys parameter.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

WP AutoSuggest 0.24 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the wpas_keys parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to autosuggest.php with crafted wpas_keys values to extract sensitive database information from WordPress posts and other tables.

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