PT-2025-9808 · WordPress · The Hero Mega Menu

Lucio Sá · Published 2025-03-05 · Updated 2025-03-06 · CVE-2024-13778

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin versions up to, and including, 1.16.5

Description The issue arises from insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to append additional SQL queries. This can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.16.5, update to a version that addresses the SQL Injection issue to prevent exploitation.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-13778

Affected Products

The Hero Mega Menu

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13778 · Security Note
• https://codecanyon.net/item/hero-menu-responsive-wordpress-mega-menu-plugin/10324895 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5bdf04e6-6d9d-41a3-ac54-1a95f4617ea4?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/19620 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1897506942542553509 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/113543 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1897400554957013150 · Twitter Post