This vulnerability involves improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands within the Distance Rate Shipping for WooCommerce plugin by Techspawn, enabling blind SQL injection. The affected versions are from initial releases through 1.3.4. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 8.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, scope change, high confidentiality impact, no integrity impact, and low availability impact. The vulnerability allows an attacker to extract sensitive information from the database via crafted SQL queries.

Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data from the backend database (high confidentiality impact). The integrity of data is not impacted, and availability impact is low. The vulnerability requires the attacker to have low privileges but can be exploited remotely without user interaction. No known active exploitation has been reported.

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Since no patch or official fix information is provided, users should monitor the vendor's communications for updates. Until a fix is available, consider restricting access to the plugin's functionality to trusted users and applying web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block SQL injection attempts specific to this plugin.