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CVE-2024-13594: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Simple Downloads List plugin for WordPress contains a SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-13594) discovered in versions up to and including 1.4.2. The vulnerability exists in the 'category' attribute of the 'neofix_sdl' shortcode due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and inadequate SQL query preparation (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a SQL Injection (CWE-89) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.5 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The issue stems from improper handling of the 'category' attribute in the 'neofix_sdl' shortcode, where insufficient input validation allows for SQL query manipulation (Wordfence).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to append additional SQL queries to existing database queries. This can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information stored in the WordPress database (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 1.4.3 or later of the Simple Downloads List plugin which contains the fix for this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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