CVE-2009-4748

My Category Order <2.8 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-4748. PoCs published by Manh Luat.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress plugin My Category Order <= 2.8. The vulnerability arises from improper sanitization of the 'parentID' parameter, allowing an attacker to inject malicious SQL queries.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in mycategoryorder.php in the My Category Order plugin 2.8 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the parentID parameter in an act_OrderCategories action to wp-admin/post-new.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Manh Luat · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9150

This exploit demonstrates a SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress plugin My Category Order <= 2.8. The vulnerability arises from improper sanitization of the 'parentID' parameter, allowing an attacker to inject malicious SQL queries.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WordPress Plugin: My Category Order <= 2.8
Auth required
Prerequisites: Admin access to WordPress
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9150
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51727
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35704
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/wpmco-sql.txt

Scores

EPSS 0.0274
EPSS Percentile 84.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (5)
andrew_charlton/my_category_order 2.6.1
andrew_charlton/my_category_order 2.6.1a
andrew_charlton/my_category_order 2.7
andrew_charlton/my_category_order 2.7.1
andrew_charlton/my_category_order < 2.8
Published Mar 26, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026