CVE-2024-49299 HIGH

CVE-2024-49299: WordPress Surfer plugin <= 1.5.0.502 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Vendor Surfer

Product Surfer

Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi

Published October 17, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.6/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 Surfer Surfer surferseo allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Surfer: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.502.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Surfer versions up to 1.5.0.502 contain a SQL injection vulnerability accessible to high-privilege users. An attacker with administrative or equivalent access can inject malicious SQL commands to read sensitive database information. The vulnerability affects the entire application scope and may impact data confidentiality and system availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the database or degrade system performance via SQL injection.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators with compromised credentials could expose database contents or cause service disruption.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level privileges (admin or equivalent role) within Surfer.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

October 17, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49299 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html AskarLabs — CWE-89 write-up SQL Injection

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