Wow-Company Wow Forms 2.1 on WordPress POST Parameter admin-ajax.php send_mwp_form mwpformid sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Wow-Company Wow Forms 2.1 on WordPress. Affected is the function send_mwp_form of the file admin-ajax.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. This manipulation of the argument mwpformid causes sql injection. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-20244. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Wow-Company Wow Forms 2.1 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function send_mwp_form of the file admin-ajax.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument mwpformid with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Wow Forms WordPress Plugin version 2.1 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary database information by exploiting an unescaped POST parameter. Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'mwpformid' parameter in requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the 'send_mwp_form' action to extract sensitive database contents.

The weakness was released by Tad Group as 41922. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-20244 since 06/08/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin-ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Wow-Company

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• Wow Forms

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• 2.1

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• end of life

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