CVE-2014-9175

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in wpdatatables.php in the wpDataTables plugin 1.5.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the table_id parameter in a get_wdtable action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Affected products

Wpdatatables: through 1.5.3

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129232/WordPress-wpDataTables-1.5.3-SQL-Injection.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35340
http://www.homelab.it/index.php/2014/11/23/wordpress-wpdatatables-sql-injection-vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71271
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98928
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129232/WordPress-wpDataTables-1.5.3-SQL-Injection.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35340
http://www.homelab.it/index.php/2014/11/23/wordpress-wpdatatables-sql-injection-vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71271
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98928

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