What is CVE-2024-6205?

CVE-2024-6205 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Payplus Payment Gateway, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-6205?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-6205 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Payplus Payment Gateway

CVE-2024-6205

The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 6.6.9 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a WooCommerce API route available to unauthenticated users, leading to an SQL injection vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.042 (89.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Payplus Payplus_payment_gateway
Unknown Payplus Payment Gateway — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-6205?: CVE-2024-6205 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Payplus Payment Gateway, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-6205?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-6205 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.