CVE-2023-5640 — The Article Analytics WordPress plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a p

The Article Analytics WordPress plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection vulnerability.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Article Analytics WordPress plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Article analytics	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-20T18:55:11.955Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:07:32.473Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9a383ef5-0f1a-4894-8f78-845abcb5062d
• devl00p.github.io — https://devl00p.github.io/posts/Injection-SQL-dans-le-plugin-Wordpress-Article-A…