CVE-2022-0434: Page Views Count < 2.4.15 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.15 does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could perform SQL injection attacks

Affected products

Page View Count: before 2.4.15 — fixed in 2.4.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Page View Count 2.4.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be895016-7365-4ce4-a54f-f36d0ef2d6f1
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be895016-7365-4ce4-a54f-f36d0ef2d6f1

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