CVE-2017-20245
Wow Viral Signups 2.1 WordPress Plugin SQL Injection
Description
Wow Viral Signups 2.1 WordPress plugin contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database information by exploiting the unescaped 'idsignup' POST parameter. Attackers can send crafted requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with malicious SQL payloads in the 'idsignup' parameter to read arbitrary data from the database.
INFO
Published Date :
June 9, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
June 9, 2026, 1:51 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the Wow Viral Signups WordPress plugin.
- Sanitize all user-supplied input.
- Use parameterized queries for database operations.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jun. 09, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag unsupported-when-assigned Added Description Wow Viral Signups 2.1 WordPress plugin contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database information by exploiting the unescaped 'idsignup' POST parameter. Attackers can send crafted requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with malicious SQL payloads in the 'idsignup' parameter to read arbitrary data from the database. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-89 Added Reference http://wow-company.com/ Added Reference https://tad.group Added Reference https://wordpress.org/plugins/mwp-viral-signup/ Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41921 Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wow-viral-signups-wordpress-plugin-sql-injection