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Description

KittyCatfish 2.2 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read database contents by exploiting an unescaped GET parameter. Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'kc_ad' parameter in base.css.php or kittycatfish.php to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-06-08 | Published 2026-06-09 | Updated 2026-06-09 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
HIGH: 8.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Problem types

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Product status

2.2
affected

Credits

TAD GROUP finder

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41919 (ExploitDB-41919) exploit

wordpress.org/plugins-wp/kittycatfish/ (Official Product Homepage) product

tad.group (Official Product Homepage) product

www.vulncheck.com/...fish-plugin-for-wordpress-sql-injection (VulnCheck Advisory: KittyCatfish 2.2 Plugin for WordPress SQL Injection) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2017-20246)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2017-20246)

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