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CVE-2024-21747: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The WP ERP WordPress plugin contains an SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-21747) affecting versions up to and including 1.12.8. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and inadequate preparation of SQL queries (Patchstack, WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an SQL Injection (CWE-89) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.6 (High) according to Patchstack, while NIST rates it at 4.9 (Medium). The issue affects the 's' parameter in the plugin, where insufficient escaping of user input and improper SQL query preparation allows for SQL injection attacks (Patchstack).

Impact

Authenticated attackers with accounting manager-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to append additional SQL queries to existing ones, potentially extracting sensitive information from the database (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 1.12.9 or later which contains the fix for this vulnerability. Patchstack has also issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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