CVE-2023-0279 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Media Library Assistant WordPress plugin before 3.06 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.00243.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Media Library Assistant Project	Media Library Assistant

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12358	The Media Library Assistant WordPress plugin before 3.06 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/media-library-assistant_3-05_1
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/42db1ba5-1b14-41bd-a2b3-7243a84c9d3d

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-27T15:24:39.076Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T18:13:40.797Z

Reserved: 2023-01-13T08:59:30.318Z

Link: CVE-2023-0279

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.061Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T16:15:11.883

Modified: 2025-03-10T19:15:37.140

Link: CVE-2023-0279

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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