CVE-2016-15040

CRITICAL EXPLOITED

Kento Post View Counter <2.8 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2016-15040 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

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.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Product

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kento-post-view-counter/trunk/index.php#L216

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/525b466d-137a-467b-8b49-e51393a73866?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0054

EPSS Percentile 42.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2024-10-15

CWE

CWE-89

Status published

Products (2)

None/Kento Post View Counter < 2.8

kentothemes/kento-post-view-counter < 2.8

Published Oct 16, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026