GigpressWordPress extension · Tri
CVE-2015-9353
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe gigpress plugin before 2.3.11 for WordPress has SQL injection in the admin area, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4066.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe gigpress WordPress plugin before version 2.3.11 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the admin area. The vulnerability allows authenticated administrators (or users with admin access) to inject malicious SQL queries through unsanitized input parameters, potentially enabling data exfiltration or database compromise.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
GigpressWordPress extension
< 2.3.11CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify GigPress plugin is installedCheck wp-content/plugins/ directory for gigpress folder, or view Plugins page in WordPress admin dashboardAffected if GigPress plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Check installed GigPress versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the GigPress version number, or open the main plugin file (gigpress.php) and locate the Version comment in the file headerAffected if Version number is less than 2.3.11 (e.g., 2.3.10, 2.3.9, etc.)
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Confirm admin area access existsVerify the WordPress site has an active admin dashboard accessible at /wp-admin/ and confirm admin user accounts existAffected if The WordPress admin dashboard is accessible and at least one administrator-level user account exists on the site
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Check for admin user compromise indicatorsReview WordPress user tables and admin activity logs for unauthorized admin account creation or suspicious SQL-like queries in server logsAffected if Unexpected admin accounts exist or SQL injection patterns appear in server access logs targeting admin-area GigPress pages
The environment is affected if GigPress plugin version is below 2.3.11 and the WordPress admin area with administrator accounts is accessible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data2.3.11
Update the gigpress plugin to version 2.3.11 or later to patch the SQL injection vulnerability. As this is an authenticated admin-area vulnerability, ensure admin accounts use strong, unique passwords and consider implementing additional access controls.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-9353 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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