CVE-2024-38692
Published: 22 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38692 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Spiffyplugins Spiffy Calendar. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-38692 is an SQL injection vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands, classified under CWE-89. It affects the Spiffy Calendar plugin for WordPress developed by Spiffy Plugins, impacting all versions from an unspecified starting point through 4.9.11. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.6, driven by network attack vector, low complexity, and high confidentiality impact with changed scope.
An authenticated attacker with high privileges can exploit the flaw remotely to inject malicious SQL statements, enabling extraction of sensitive database information while causing limited availability effects. No user interaction is required, and the changed scope indicates potential impact beyond the immediate component.
Reference advisories published by Patchstack on the vulnerability provide details on the affected plugin versions and confirm the SQL injection vector. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0532 with no material increase observed after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37543
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Spiffy Plugins Spiffy Calendar allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Spiffy Calendar: from n/a through 4.9.11.
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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.