CVE-2018-16159 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the Gift Vouchers plugin for WordPress, versions through 2.0.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the template_id parameter in admin-ajax.php, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates the existence of Nuclei templates for blind SQL injection, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions. Given its critical CVSS score of 9.8 and high EPSS, organizations using the affected plugin should prioritize patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:codemenschen:gift_vouchers:*:*:*:*:*: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.