{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-15040 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-15040 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-15040 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Kento Post View Counter, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-15040 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-15040 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Kento Post View Counter, published on 16 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-15040 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Kento Post View Counter. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15040/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15040/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-15040","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15040/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-15040","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-275c-875v-46qg"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Kento Post View Counter plugin to extract sensitive database information.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"sql_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"kento-post-view-counter","vendor":"kentothemes"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-89","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command"}],"description":"The Kento Post View Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'kento_pvc_geo' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.8 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Kento Post View Counter \u003c= 2.8 - SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2016-15040","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"sql_injection","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in MainWP Dashboard: Self-hosted WordPress Management for Agencies","id":"CVE-2016-15041"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"mhuertos phpLDAPadmin ajax_functions.js makeHttpRequest request smuggling","id":"CVE-2016-15039"},"products":["Kento Post View Counter"],"published":"2024-10-16","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-10982","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-17"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-10980","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-17"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-10981","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-09-17"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Kento Post View Counter plugin to extract sensitive database information.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-15040/"}