Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-13435

High

Published: 12 February 2025

Published
12 February 2025
Modified
25 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0022 44.7th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-13435 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Infoway Ebook Downloader. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 44.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-13435 is a SQL injection vulnerability in the Ebook Downloader plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0. The issue stems from insufficient escaping of the user-supplied 'download' parameter and lack of sufficient preparation in the existing SQL query, allowing injection of malicious SQL code.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables appending additional SQL queries to extract sensitive information from the database, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and mapping to CWE-89.

Advisories and related resources, including Wordfence's threat intelligence report and the plugin source code at line 278 in ebook_plugin.php, provide further details on the vulnerability for assessment and mitigation planning.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Ebook Downloader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'download' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing…

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SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Direct unauthenticated SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote exploitation for data access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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CVE-2026-36232Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-31871Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-33078Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-46359Shared CWE-89
CVE-2025-22691Shared CWE-89

Affected Assets

infoway
ebook downloader
≤ 1.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates SQL injection by requiring validation and sanitization of the user-supplied 'download' parameter before incorporation into SQL queries.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires identification, reporting, and correction of the SQL injection flaw in the Ebook Downloader plugin through patching or updates.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
prevent

Boundary protection via web application firewalls monitors and blocks malicious SQL injection payloads targeting the 'download' parameter at network interfaces.

References