CVE-2024-38755
Published: 22 July 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-38755 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Designinvento Directorypress. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-38755 is an SQL injection vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands, present in the Designinvento DirectoryPress WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions through 3.6.10 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.5, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with low attack complexity and low required privileges.
An authenticated attacker with low-privileged access can supply crafted input that alters backend SQL queries, enabling extraction of sensitive data from the database along with limited disruption to availability; the vulnerability's changed scope means impacts may extend beyond the immediate plugin component.
Advisories published by Patchstack document the issue and identify the affected plugin versions, directing administrators to apply updates once released by the vendor. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.056 with no material increase observed since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-37600
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Designinvento DirectoryPress allows SQL Injection.This issue affects DirectoryPress: from n/a through 3.6.10.
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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.