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WordPress Core < 4.2.4 — SQL Injection

CVE-2015-2213Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤4.2.3Update to 3.7.10 or 3.8.10 or 3.9.8 or 4.0.7 or 4.1.7 or 4.2.4 or newer

Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.

All remediation steps
Watch core
Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-89 SQL Injection
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

WordPress wordpress

  1. Affected≤ 4.2.3
  2. Patched in3.7.10 / 3.8.10 / 3.9.8 / 4.0.7 / 4.1.7 / 4.2.4

Update to 3.7.10 / 3.8.10 / 3.9.8 / 4.0.7 / 4.1.7 / 4.2.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.2.3. Version 3.7.10, 3.8.10, 3.9.8, 4.0.7, 4.1.7, 4.2.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WordPress.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.10, 3.8.10, 3.9.8, 4.0.7, 4.1.7, 4.2.4
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.

SQL injection vulnerability in the wp_untrash_post_comments function in wp-includes/post.php in WordPress before 4.2.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a comment that is mishandled after retrieval from the trash.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

Same weakness (SQL Injection)

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CVE-2026-120688
Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
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CVE-2026-125055
Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System≤3.3.9Update to 3.4.0
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Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
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CVE-2026-121518

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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