Most And Least Read Posts WidgetWordPress extension · Whiletrue
CVE-2023-52133
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in WhileTrue Most And Least Read Posts Widget.This issue affects Most And Least Read Posts Widget: from n/a through 2.5.16.
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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the Most And Least Read Posts Widget plugin allows attackers to inject malicious SQL commands through unsanitized user input in the affected plugin versions up to 2.5.16.
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
Most And Least Read Posts WidgetWordPress extension
<= 2.5.16CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 plugin installationCheck if the Most And Least Read Posts Widget plugin directory exists in your WordPress plugins folder (wp-content/plugins/most-and-least-read-posts-widget/)Affected if The plugin directory exists on the server
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Identify installed versionOpen the main plugin PHP file and look for the Version header in the plugin comment block, or check the readme.txt file for the version numberAffected if The installed version is 2.5.16 or lower
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Confirm widget is activeLog into WordPress admin and navigate to Appearance > Widgets, or check wp_options table for active_widgets containing the plugin widgetAffected if The Most And Least Read Posts Widget is added to a sidebar or widget area
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Check for user-controllable inputInspect any frontend pages where the widget is displayed and identify if URL parameters or user-supplied values can influence the widget's query (such as category, post_type, or time_range parameters)Affected if The widget accepts user input through GET/POST parameters that could be injected into SQL queries
You are affected if the plugin is installed with version 2.5.16 or lower and the widget is active on your site, as the SQL injection can be triggered through unsanitized user input to the widget.
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 dataUpdate to a patched version of the plugin when available; otherwise, implement proper input validation and replace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries/prepared statements.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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-2023-52133 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.
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- 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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