CVE-2023-5041 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Track The Click WordPress plugin before 0.3.12 does not properly sanitize query parameters to the stats REST endpoint before using them in a database query, allowing a logged in user with an author role or higher to perform time based blind SQLi attacks on the database.

Published: 2024-01-17

Score: 8.8 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

Track The Click

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 0.3.12

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tracktheclick:track_the_click:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00331.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45194442-6eea-4e07-85a5-4a1e2fde3523

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Tracktheclick Track The Click

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-17T14:27:26.529Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T14:13:37.961Z

Reserved: 2023-09-18T10:34:59.045Z

Link: CVE-2023-5041

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.783Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-17T15:15:10.850

Modified: 2025-06-17T15:15:37.327

Link: CVE-2023-5041

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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