PT-2025-1833 · WordPress · Cf Internal Link Shortcode

Published 2025-01-11 · Updated 2025-01-16 · CVE-2024-12404

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CF Internal Link Shortcode plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.0

Description The issue is related to SQL Injection via the post title parameter due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Recommendations For CF Internal Link Shortcode plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.0, consider disabling the post title parameter until a patch is available to prevent SQL Injection attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-12404

Affected Products

Cf Internal Link Shortcode

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12404 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/internal-link-shortcode/trunk/internal-link-shortcode.php#L82 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1878014726191337560 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1879770614694887896 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1877921988443803753 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107130 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/15025 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1661bb28-e5b4-4319-84bb-6cbeac266147?source=cve · Note