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CVE-2015-9496

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-9496 describes a SQL Injection vulnerability in the freshmail-newsletter plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 1.6. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows an authenticated attacker to inject malicious SQL queries through the 'FM_form id=' substring in shortcode.php, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high risk, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freshmail:freshmail-newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0217 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/7972
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/36942
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry