CVE-2024-30243 HIGH

CVE-2024-30243: WordPress Tooltips plugin < 9.4.5 - Auth. SQL Injection vulnerability

Vendor Tomas

Product WordPress Tooltips

Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi

Published March 28, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

8.5/10

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:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Tomas WordPress Tooltips.This issue affects WordPress Tooltips: from n/a before 9.4.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The WordPress Tooltips plugin before version 9.4.5 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in its database queries. An authenticated user with low privileges can craft malicious input to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially reading sensitive data from the site's database. The vulnerability affects all versions before 9.4.5.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the site database, such as user credentials, posts, and configuration details.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Confidential data in your database could be exposed to any low-privilege user; availability may be degraded.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a low-privilege WordPress user account (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 28, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30243 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html AskarLabs — CWE-89 write-up SQL Injection

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