CVE-2024-12015 HIGH

CVE-2024-12015: SQL Injection in WordPress Project Manager Plugin

Vendor Wedevs

Product WP Project Manager

Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi

Published December 2, 2024

Last update December 2, 2024

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CVSS base score

7.7/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The 'Project Manager' WordPress Plugin is affected by an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the 'orderby' parameter in the '/pm/v2/activites' route.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WP Project Manager contains a SQL injection vulnerability in all versions. An attacker with low-level user access can inject malicious SQL commands to read sensitive data from the site's database, including user information and configuration details. The vulnerability requires network access and low privileges but no user interaction. No patch is currently available.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the site database, including user credentials and site configuration.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Attackers with basic user access can extract passwords, email addresses, and other sensitive database records.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Low-level user account (subscriber or contributor role) on the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 2, 2024 CVE published

December 2, 2024 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12015 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html AskarLabs — CWE-89 write-up SQL Injection

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