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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:calendarscripts:watupro:*:*:*:*:*: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.