# CVE-2023-0600: WP Visitor Statistics - SQLi

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2023-0600 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2023-0600

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 9.8
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** N/A WP Visitor Statistics
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))
- **Tags:** cms, wordpress

## Description

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 6.9 does not escape user input which is concatenated to an SQL query, allowing unauthenticated visitors to conduct SQL Injection attacks.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2023-0600](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0600) is a critical vulnerability in the WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin that allows unauthenticated users to perform SQL Injection attacks due to improper handling of user input.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 14th of May 2024.

Data from the CrowdSec community indicates that exploitation of CVE-2023-0600 is highly selective and intelligence-driven. Threat actors use advanced reconnaissance and carefully choose their targets, often as part of sophisticated campaigns or advanced persistent threat operations.
CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2023-0600 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Exploitation attempts typically involve tailored queries targeting endpoints associated with this plugin.

## Timeline

- 2023-05-15: CVE Published. CVE-2023-0600 is published to NVD.
- 2024-05-14: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2023-0600 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2024-12-05: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2023-0600 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-0600.yaml

## Live exploitation data

The [Live Exploit Tracker page](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2023-0600) follows observed exploitation activity for CVE-2023-0600. [Request an API key](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/request-api-key) for full access to its exploitation timeline, attacking IP addresses and blocklists.