CVE•Published 2023-12-26•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2023-5203

Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

HIGH

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 19% of all CVEs

Description

The WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic WordPress plugin before 1.0.9 does not sanitize the request URL or query parameters before using them in an SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from the database via blind time based SQL injection techniques, or in some cases an error/union based technique.

Timeline

Published 2023-12-26

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2023-5203

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/wp-sessions-time-monitoring-full-automatic/"

Matches any site loading the "wp-sessions-time-monitoring-full-automatic" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Swit Wp Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic"

All exposed Swit Wp Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Wp Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Wp Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.