What is CVE-2024-12030?

CVE-2024-12030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pluginus Wordpress Meta Data And Taxonomies Filter, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2024-12030?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-12030 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Pluginus Wordpress Meta Data And Taxonomies Filter

CVE-2024-12030

The MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'key' attribute of the 'mdf_value' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.005 (40.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12030?: CVE-2024-12030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pluginus Wordpress Meta Data And Taxonomies Filter, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2024-12030?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12030 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.