CVE-2023-0254

7.2 HIGH
Published: January 12, 2023 Modified: April 08, 2026
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Description

The Simple Membership WP user Import plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2829005%40simple-membership-wp-user-import&new=2829005%40simple-membership-wp-user-import&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Source: security@wordfence.com
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f781533-b633-4452-95bd-c32ed0de2ea9?source=cve
Source: security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2829005%40simple-membership-wp-user-import&new=2829005%40simple-membership-wp-user-import&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f781533-b633-4452-95bd-c32ed0de2ea9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.2 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
74th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89

Affected Vendors

simple-membership-plugin

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