CVE-2016-15040

Kento Post View Counter <= 2.8 - SQL Injection

State
Published
Severity
9.8 Critical
Published
Oct 16, 2024
Updated
Apr 8, 2026
Reserved
Oct 15, 2024

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Description

The Kento Post View Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'kento_pvc_geo' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.8 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWordfence

Weaknesses

  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Kento Post View Countern/a
  • 2.8 and earlierAffected

References

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