CVE-2023-0278 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.2.24 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

Published: 2023-02-27

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

GeoDirectory

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.2.24

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpgeodirectory:geodirectory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12357	The GeoDirectory WordPress plugin before 2.2.24 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00729.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/geodirectory_2-2-21
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/98deb84e-01ca-4b70-a8f8-0a226daa85a6

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpgeodirectory Geodirectory

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-27T15:24:40.738Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T18:14:48.314Z

Reserved: 2023-01-13T08:59:25.878Z

Link: CVE-2023-0278

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.140Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T16:15:11.807

Modified: 2025-03-10T19:15:36.980

Link: CVE-2023-0278

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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