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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-13809
CVE-2024-13809:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Hero Slider - WordPress Slider Plugin for WordPress contains a SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-13809) affecting all versions up to and including 1.3.5. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 5, 2025. This security issue affects WordPress installations with the Hero Slider plugin installed (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and inadequate preparation of existing SQL queries. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-89 (SQL Injection) (NVD, Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to append additional SQL queries to existing queries, potentially enabling the extraction of sensitive information from the database (NVD).
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Source: This report was generated using AI
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