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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-3217
CVE-2024-3217:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Directory Kit plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 1.3.0) contains a SQL Injection vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-3217. The vulnerability was discovered in the 'attributevalue' and 'attributeid' parameters due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and inadequate SQL query preparation (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient escaping on user-supplied parameters and lack of proper SQL query preparation. The issue affects the 'attributevalue' and 'attributeid' parameters in the plugin. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to append additional SQL queries to existing queries. This can lead to the extraction of sensitive information from the database (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a patched version of the WP Directory Kit plugin when available. The vulnerability has been reported as patched (Wordfence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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