CVE-2009-4748 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in the My Category Order plugin (version 2.8 and earlier) for WordPress, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.5, stems from improper handling of the parentID parameter in the act_OrderCategories action. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-9150), indicating a clear path for exploitation. Despite the availability of exploit code, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andrew_charlton:my_category_order:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andrew_charlton:my_category_order:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andrew_charlton:my_category_order:2.6.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andrew_charlton:my_category_order:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andrew_charlton:my_category_order:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.