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CVE-2009-4748

SQL injection vulnerability in mycategoryorder.php in the My Category Order plugin 2.8 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the parentID parameter in an act_OrderCategories action to wp-admin/post-new.php.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-4748 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from andrew_charlton, from wordpress organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-03-26T20:30:00.610

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-89

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	andrew_charlton	my_category_order	≤ 2.8	Yes
Application	andrew_charlton	my_category_order	2.6.1	Yes
Application	andrew_charlton	my_category_order	2.6.1a	Yes
Application	andrew_charlton	my_category_order	2.7	Yes
Application	andrew_charlton	my_category_order	2.7.1	Yes
Application	wordpress	wordpress	*	No

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/wpmco-sql.txt ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9150 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35704 Exploit ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51727 ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0907-exploits/wpmco-sql.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9150 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35704 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51727 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For andrew_charlton's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.