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medium 6.5

CVE-2014-5180 json

SQL injection vulnerability in the videos page in the HDW Player Plugin (hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery) 2.4.2 for WordPress allows…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-5078

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

SQL injection vulnerability in the videos page in the HDW Player Plugin (hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery) 2.4.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in the edit action to wp-admin/admin.php.

Patch / fix

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-39280)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39280 WordPress Plugin HDW Player - '/wp-admin/admin.php' SQL Injection webapps, 2014-05-28
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=900030%40hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery&old=798976%40hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • codevigilant.com http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery-a1-injection referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
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References

Sources

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