PT-2024-22229 · WordPress · Network Summary Plugin For Wordpress

Dan Collins · Published 2024-04-09 · Updated 2024-04-10 · CVE-2024-2804

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Network Summary plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 2.0.11

Description The issue allows for SQL Injection via the category parameter due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This enables unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries, potentially extracting sensitive information from the database.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 2.0.11, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue to prevent SQL Injection attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the category parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-2804

Affected Products

Network Summary Plugin For Wordpress

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2804 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3320c182-b1f9-4e06-92ea-0fa670557dd0?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/network-summary/trunk/includes/class-network-summary.php#L225 · Note