CVE-2015-2824
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Simple Ads Manager plugin before 2.7.97 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the Simple Ads Manager plugin before 2.7.97 for WordPress allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a (1) hits[][] parameter in a sam_hits action to sam-ajax.php; the (2) cstr parameter in a load_posts action to sam-ajax-admin.php; the (3) searchTerm parameter in a load_combo_data action to sam-ajax-admin.php; or the (4) subscriber, (5) contributor, (6) author, (7) editor, (8) admin, or (9) sadmin parameter in a load_users action to sam-ajax-admin.php.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Plugin Simple Ads Manager - Multiple SQL Injections (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36613webapps, phppublished 2 Apr 2015Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 36613 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 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)
- 6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (10 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
10
- 20150402 Wordpress plugin Simple Ads Manager - Multiple SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1136202/simple-ads-manager (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20150402 Wordpress plugin Simple Ads Manager - SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 73698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 36613 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-ads-manager/changelog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.itas.vn/news/ITAS-Team-found-out-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-Hakin9-IT-Security-Magazine-78.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150405 Multiple SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131280/WordPress-Simple-Ads-Manager-2.5.94-2.5.96-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150405 Wordpress plugin Simple Ads Manager - SQL Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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-2015-2912 (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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