CVE-2023-0254 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2023-0254

Simple Membership WP user Import <= 1.7 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection

7.2 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The Simple Membership WP user Import plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Etan Imanol Castro Aldrete

References

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Affected Vendor

wpinsider-1

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Affected Software

Simple Membership WP user Import

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 12th, 2023

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1213.006 Databases

T1485 Data Destruction