CVE-2022-0434

CRITICALNuclei

Page Views Count < 2.4.15 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2022-0434 has a selected CVSS score of 9.8 (critical); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.15 does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could perform SQL injection attacks

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Known exploitation

VulnCheck KEV
Listed · Jun 7, 2025 · VulnCheck
Reported exploitation
Observed · VulnCheck

Available material

Nuclei templates
1

Affected products and versions

2
ProductSourceVersion range

Page View Count

CVE List2.4.15 to < 2.4.15affected

page_view_count

Browse a3rev / page_view_count
VulnCheckVersion data not supplied

Nuclei templates

1
ProjectDiscoveryCRITICALWordPress Page Views Count <2.4.15 - SQL InjectionCVSS 9.8

WordPress Page Views Count plugin prior to 2.4.15 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability. It does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the WordPress database.

Remediation

Update to the latest version of the WordPress Page Views Count plugin (2.4.15) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-89
Authorstheamanrawat
Template tagscvecve2022wordpresswp-pluginwpsqliwpscanunautha3revvkevvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:a3rev:page_view_count:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be895016-7365-4ce4-a54f-f36d0ef2d6f1 https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-views-count/ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0434 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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