CVE-2015-2824

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-04-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

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.

Affected products

Simple Ads Manager Plugin: 2.5.94, 2.5.96

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131280/WordPress-Simple-Ads-Manager-2.5.94-2.5.96-SQL-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/6
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/7
http://www.itas.vn/news/ITAS-Team-found-out-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-Hakin9-IT-Security-Magazine-78.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535165/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535168/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73698
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1136202/simple-ads-manager
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-ads-manager/changelog/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36613/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131280/WordPress-Simple-Ads-Manager-2.5.94-2.5.96-SQL-Injection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/6

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