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CVE-2017-6098

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6098 describes a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in the Mail Masta 1.0 WordPress plugin, specifically within the /inc/campaign_save.php file when processing the 'list_id' POST parameter. This flaw allows authenticated WordPress administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to full compromise of the database. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-41438) exists, and its high FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100 indicates significant potential impact despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mail-masta_project:mail-masta:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-41438 · Feb 18, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0517 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

github.com / hamkovic/Mail-Masta-Wordpress-Plugin
ExploitThird Party Advisory
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8740
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/41438
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry