CVE-2017-20245

June 9, 2026, 1:51 p.m.

8.8
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Wordpress
  • Plugin
  • wow_viral_signups

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a wordpress plugin wow_viral_signups 2.1 / / / / wordpress /

References

http://wow-company.com/
https://tad.group
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mwp-viral-signup/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41921
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wow-viral-signups-wordpress-plugin-sql-injection

Tags

CWE-89
[email protected]
2026-06-09
CVE-2017-20245

CVSS Score

8.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • 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/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

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Timeline

Published: June 9, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
Last Modified: June 9, 2026, 1:51 p.m.

Status : Deferred

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

[email protected]

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