What is CVE-2024-9796?

CVE-2024-9796 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-9796?

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

Is CVE-2024-9796 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search

CVE-2024-9796

The WP-Advanced-Search WordPress plugin before 3.3.9.2 does not sanitize and escape the t parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th 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

Internet-formation Wp-advanced-search
Unknown Wp-advanced-search — 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-2024-9796?: CVE-2024-9796 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-9796?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-9796 known to be exploited?: 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.