CVE-2023-1730

SupportCandy < 3.1.5 - Unauthenticated SQLi

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Published May 2, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 40.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

The SupportCandy WordPress plugin before 3.1.5 does not validate and escape user input before using it in an SQL statement, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

SupportCandy

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.1.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:supportcandy:supportcandy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 40.6% (40.586% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/44b51a56-ff05-4d50-9327-fc9bab74d4b7

History

Jul 16, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.86465}`	epss `{'score': 0.87223}`

Jan 30, 2025 3:15 PM Weaknesses updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-89
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Supportcandy Supportcandy

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 2:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: May 2, 2023, 7:05 AM
Updated: Jan 30, 2025, 2:23 PM
Reserved: Mar 30, 2023, 2:55 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:57 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:57 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:28 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 2, 2023, 8:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:28 AM

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