What is CVE-2023-4598?

CVE-2023-4598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veronalabs Slimstat Analytics, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-10-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-4598?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-4598 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Veronalabs Slimstat Analytics

CVE-2023-4598

The Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.0.9 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-10-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Veronalabs Slimstat Analytics — versions 0
Wp-Slimstat Slimstat Analytics

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07c0f5a5-3455-4f06-b481-f4d67… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-slimstat/tags/5.0.8/admin/view/wp-slimsta… (Exploit)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4598?: CVE-2023-4598 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veronalabs Slimstat Analytics, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-10-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-4598?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-4598 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.