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CVE-2015-9461: Awesome Filterable Portfolio plugin can be tricked to alter data

CVE-2015-9461 · published 7 years ago

Summary

The Awesome Filterable Portfolio plugin for WordPress (versions before 1.9) lets an attacker send a specially crafted item_id value that runs unwanted database commands. This could let a bad actor view, change, or delete site data. Update the plugin to the latest version or uninstall it to protect your site.

What to do

Update brinidesigner awesome_filterable_portfolio to version 1.9 or later.

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
brinidesigner	awesome_filterable_portfolio	< 1.9 `cpe:2.3:a:brinidesigner:awesome_filterable_portfolio::::::wordpress::*`

Original advisory text

The awesome-filterable-portfolio plugin before 1.9 for WordPress has afp_get_new_portfolio_item_page SQL injection via the item_id parameter.

References

http://cinu.pl/research/wp-plugins/mail_082287dbf7a24d415ff71581fc248330.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/awesome-filterable-portfolio/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8311 Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal At next upgrade

Not known to be exploited
Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
Gives an attacker full control (estimated)

Severity

7.2 High

Exploitation

2% chance of attack within 30 days

Type

CWE-89SQL Injection

Timeline

Published10 Oct 2019

Updated4 Nov 2026

First seen29 Sep 2026

Sources

CVE-2015-9461 · NVD

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