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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-9887
CVE-2024-9887:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP) plugin for WordPress contains a time-based SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2024-9887) discovered in November 2024. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.15.6, where insufficient escaping of the 'id' parameter and inadequate SQL query preparation create a security risk (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a SQL Injection (CWE-89) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (High). The attack vector is network-accessible (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring high privileges (PR:H) and no user interaction (UI:N). The scope is unchanged (S:U) with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) (Wordfence).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access to append additional SQL queries to existing ones, potentially enabling the extraction of sensitive information from the database (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to a version newer than 1.15.6 of the Login using WordPress Users (WP as SAML IDP) plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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