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1 vulnerability by Missilesilo

CVE-2017-20246 (GCVE-0-2017-20246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 11:48 – Updated: 2026-06-09 16:11 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
Title
KittyCatfish 2.2 Plugin for WordPress SQL Injection
Summary
KittyCatfish 2.2 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read database contents by exploiting an unescaped GET parameter. Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'kc_ad' parameter in base.css.php or kittycatfish.php to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2017-04-25 00:00
Credits
TAD GROUP
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