What is CVE-2024-27956?

CVE-2024-27956 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Valvepress Automatic, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2024-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-27956?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-27956 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Valvepress Automatic

CVE-2024-27956

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in ValvePress Automatic allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2024-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.941 (99.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-15.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.941 · newest: 0.941 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Valvepress Automatic

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-automatic/wordpress-automatic-plugin-3… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
patchstack.com/articles/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-wordpress-automatic… (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-27956?: CVE-2024-27956 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Valvepress Automatic, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2024-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-27956?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-27956 known to be exploited?: 61 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.