# CVE-2019-9568: SQL injection in n/a

> An attacker with delete permissions can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the entry parameter in the Forminator plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-23pc-48q7-q3fw

## What is CVE-2019-9568?

CVE-2019-9568 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Mar 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The "Forminator Contact Form, Poll & Quiz Builder" plugin before 1.6 for WordPress has SQL Injection via the wp-admin/admin.php?page=forminator-entries entry[] parameter if the attacker has the delete permission.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9568?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Incsub Forminator.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-9568?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-9568 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-9568 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-4596](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4596/): Forminator <= 1.24.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-6463](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6463/): Path traversal in Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-6464](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6464/): Deserialization in Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-7389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7389/): Forminator <= 1.29.1 - HubSpot Developer API Key Sensitive Information Exposure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-31077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31077/): SQL injection in Forminator (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-9568 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-9568 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Mar 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9568/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9568/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9568
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9568
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9568

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9568/
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