CVE-2024-30490
Published: 29 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-30490 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Metagauss Profilegrid. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 5.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-30490 is an SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CWE-89, that affects the ProfileGrid WordPress plugin developed by Metagauss. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands and impacts all versions through 5.7.8.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers over the network. Successful exploitation yields a CVSS score of 9.3, enabling high-impact confidentiality breaches along with limited effects on availability while changing security scope.
Patchstack has published technical details on the issue in its vulnerability database. The EPSS score rose from lower values after disclosure to a peak of 0.3748 on 2026-02-06 before receding to the current 0.1444, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-28410
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Metagauss ProfileGrid.This issue affects ProfileGrid : from n/a through 5.7.8.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.