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CVE-2017-9834

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9834 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting the WatuPRO plugin for WordPress versions prior to 5.5.3.7. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the 'watupro_questions' parameter via 'wp-admin/admin-ajax.php'. With a CVSS score of 9.8, the vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges to exploit. While not listed in CISA KEV, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:calendarscripts:watupro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42291 · Jul 3, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0407 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/8897
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42291
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry