What is CVE-2017-20244?

CVE-2017-20244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wow-company Wow Forms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-20244?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Wow-company Wow Forms

CVE-2017-20244

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 th…

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.003 (19.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wow-company Wow Forms — versions 2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-20244?: CVE-2017-20244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wow-company Wow Forms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-20244?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.