CVE-2017-20245

Wow Viral Signups 2.1 WordPress plugin contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database information by exploiting the unescaped 'idsignup' POST parameter. Attackers can send crafted requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with malicious SQL payloads in the 'idsignup' parameter to read arbitrary data from the database.

CVSS v3 8.2 HIGH

8.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
http://wow-company.com/
https://tad.group
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mwp-viral-signup/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41921
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wow-viral-signups-wordpress-plugin-sql-injection

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-09 13:16

Updated : 2026-07-21 07:10

NVD link : CVE-2017-20245

Mitre link : CVE-2017-20245

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-20245

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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