CVE-2023-0234 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The SiteGround Security WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not properly sanitize user input before using it in an SQL query, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07786.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

SiteGround Security

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.3.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:siteground:siteground_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Siteground Subscribe	Siteground Security Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/namah-age/CVEs/blob/master/1.md
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/acf3e369-1290-4b3f-83bf-2209b9dd06e1
https://www.siteground.com/viewtos/responsible_disclosure_policy?scid=4&lang=en

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-06T19:59:32.911Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T18:09:53.520Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T11:39:38.857Z

Link: CVE-2023-0234

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.113Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:14.053

Modified: 2025-03-25T19:15:40.797

Link: CVE-2023-0234

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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