What is CVE-2023-1730?

CVE-2023-1730 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Supportcandy, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-1730?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1730 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Supportcandy

CVE-2023-1730

The SupportCandy WordPress plugin before 3.1.5 does not validate and escape user input before using it in an SQL statement, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.406 (98.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.406 · newest: 0.406 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Supportcandy
Supportcandy — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/44b51a56-ff05-4d50-9327-fc9bab74d4b7 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1730?: CVE-2023-1730 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Supportcandy, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-1730?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1730 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.