# CVE-2023-3197: MStore API - SQLi

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2023-3197 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-2023-3197

## 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:** InspireUI MStore API
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))
- **Tags:** wordpress, cms

## Description

The MStore API plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection via the 'id' parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameters 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.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2023-3197](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3197) is a critical unauthenticated blind SQL injection vulnerability in the MStore API plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 4.0.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to manipulate SQL queries via the 'id' parameter, potentially enabling them to extract sensitive information from the database without authentication. Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to significant data breaches and compromise of the affected WordPress site.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 30th of March 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2023-3197 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the `/wp-json/api/flutter_multi_vendor/product-categories` endpoint, injecting malicious SQL code via the `id` parameter to execute unauthorized database queries.

## Timeline

- 2023-06-24: CVE Published. CVE-2023-3197 is published to NVD.
- 2026-03-30: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2023-3197 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-09-14: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2023-3197 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-3197.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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