CVE-2024-48040 HIGH

CVE-2024-48040: WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Vendor Tainacan

Product Tainacan

Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi

Published October 11, 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 tainacan Tainacan tainacan allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through <= 0.21.8.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Tainacan versions up to 0.21.8 contain a SQL injection vulnerability in a database query that requires low-level authentication to exploit. An attacker with a user account can craft malicious input to read sensitive data from the database or disrupt service availability. The vulnerability affects the entire application scope due to database access.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the database or cause the site to become unavailable.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized access to database contents and potential service disruption if running an affected version.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have a valid user account with low-level privileges on the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 11, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48040 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html AskarLabs — CWE-89 write-up SQL Injection

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