CVE-2023-4598

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    CVE-2023-4598

    Published: 20 Oct 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Slimstat Analytics <= 5.0.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Blind SQL Injection via Shortcode

    Details: The Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.0.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

    References: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-slimstat/tags/5.0.8/admin/view/wp-slimstat-db.php#L970, https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2959452%40wp-slimstat&new=2959452%40wp-slimstat&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07c0f5a5-3455-4f06-b481-f4d678309c50?source=cve, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/4xxx/CVE-2023-4598.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4598

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1d422261475befae94ca59303c5e0c8414aa1003

    Affected versions

    v5.0.9
    v5.0.8
    v5.0.7
    v5.0.6
    v5.0.5.1
    v5.0.5
    v5.0.4
    v5.0.3
    v5.0.2
    v5.0.1
    v5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2023-4598 | CVE-DB