FKIE_CVE-2017-20246

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-09 13:16 - Updated: 2026-07-21 07:10
Severity
8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
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.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://tad.group
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins-wp/kittycatfish/
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41919
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kittycatfish-plugin-for-wordpress-sql-injection
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "id": "CVE-2017-20246",
  "lastModified": "2026-07-21T07:10:00.117",
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