CVE-2009-3703
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the WP-Forum plugin before 2.4 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the WP-Forum plugin before 2.4 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via (1) the search_max parameter in a search action to the default URI, related to wpf.class.php; (2) the forum parameter to an unspecified component, related to wpf.class.php; (3) the topic parameter in a viewforum action to the default URI, related to the remove_topic function in wpf.class.php; or the id parameter in a (4) editpost or (5) viewtopic action to the default URI, related to wpf-post.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Plugin WP-Forum 2.3 - SQL Injection / Blind SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10488webapps, phppublished 16 Dec 2009Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- 37357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20091216 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] WP-Forum <= 2.3 SQL Injection vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3676 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-3703)Record last updated .