CVE-2024-9796

WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

The WP-Advanced-Search WordPress plugin before 3.3.9.2 does not sanitize and escape the t parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks

Affected

WP-Advanced-Search

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 CNA

5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

3.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 87th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-89

Published

2024-10-10

Proof-of-concept exploits (5)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ddd6839-6bcb-4bb8-97e0-1516b8c2b99b/
• BwithE/CVE-2024-97964★ · 2025-07-12
• RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-97964★ · 2024-10-18
• viniciuslazzari/CVE-2024-97961★ · 2025-01-19
• yup-Ivan/CVE-2024-97963★ · 2026-01-25

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9796.yaml

Security advisories

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ddd6839-6bcb-4bb8-97e0-1516b8c2b99b

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2024-40453
• CVE-2024-48061
• CVE-2024-51482
• CVE-2019-9978
• CVE-2022-47447
• CVE-2024-6651