CVE-2014-5180

HDW Player Plugin 2.4.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection via id Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-5180. PoCs published by Anant Shrivastava.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress HDW Player plugin by injecting a UNION-based SQL query to extract sensitive database information such as user credentials, database name, and version.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the videos page in the HDW Player Plugin (hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery) 2.4.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in the edit action to wp-admin/admin.php.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Anant Shrivastava · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39280

This exploit demonstrates an SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress HDW Player plugin by injecting a UNION-based SQL query to extract sensitive database information such as user credentials, database name, and version.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: WordPress HDW Player plugin 2.4.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable WordPress admin page
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

EPSS 0.0237
EPSS Percentile 81.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
hdwplayer/hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery 2.4.2
Published Aug 06, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026