CVE-2016-20073

Answer My Question 1.3 Plugin WordPress SQL Injection via modal.php

CVSS 8.8 HIGHEPSS 0.3%CWE-89

Answer My Question 1.3 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the 'id' POST parameter. Attackers can submit crafted SQL statements to the modal.php endpoint to extract sensitive database information including WordPress terms and configuration data.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

mattkaye · Answer My Question

public PoCs found — 1

cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40771unverified

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References

http://lenonleite.com.br/https://wordpress.org/plugins/answer-my-question/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40771 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/answer-my-question-plugin-wordpress-sql-injection-via-modal-php