Wp Symposium: SQL injection
Wp Symposium is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Wp Symposium
- Plugin slug
wp-symposium- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 15, 2015
This CVE was published May 15, 2015 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Wp Symposium to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
SQL injection vulnerability in forum.php in the WP Symposium plugin before 15.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the show parameter in the QUERY_STRING to the default URI.
NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P