CVE-2024-30502
SQLi in Wptravelengine Wp Travel Engine ≤ 5.8.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:LSummary
CVE-2024-30502 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Wptravelengine Wp Travel Engine. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 19% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-30502 is an unauthenticated blind SQL injection vulnerability, tracked as CWE-89, that affects the WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin in all versions through 5.7.9. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.3, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges or user interaction, and changed scope with high confidentiality impact plus low availability impact.
An unauthenticated attacker can send crafted requests over the network to exploit the injection, allowing extraction of sensitive data from the database without authentication. The vulnerability enables blind SQL techniques that can lead to substantial information disclosure while causing limited service disruption.
Advisories published by Patchstack identify the issue as an unauthenticated blind SQL injection in the specified plugin versions and provide the primary reference for tracking the flaw.
EPSS for the CVE rose from lower values to a peak of 0.3748 on 2026-03-13 before receding to the current score of 0.1843, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-28422
Vulnerability Data
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in WP Travel Engine.This issue affects WP Travel Engine: from n/a through 5.7.9.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V6.2.5
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover SQLi flaws before deployment but does not stop their introduction.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from reaching SQL query construction without neutralization.
Secure engineering principles require parameterized queries and input sanitization that structurally eliminate SQLi.
System monitoring can identify attempted SQLi exploitation via anomalous queries after the weakness exists.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.
Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.
Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.
Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.
Language-specific secure coding rules, peer review and SAST together prevent the construction of SQL statements from untrusted data without proper parameterization or escaping.