CVE-2017-18571 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting the Search Everything plugin for WordPress versions prior to 8.1.7. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected WordPress site. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, enabling complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:search_everything_project:search_everything:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.