CVE-2024-2871: The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including,...
Description
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 3.13 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-2871
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.4
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Problem Types
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Affected Products
Vendor: dglingren
Product: Media Library Assistant
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.34% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 53.03% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-27 (when was this score calculated)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)
SSVC Exploitation: none
SSVC Technical Impact: partial
SSVC Automatable: false
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2871https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e63fb84-a16b-447f-be73-e01f30881445?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L151
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L1798
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L1949