Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-38755

High

Published: 22 July 2024

Published
22 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0560 90.5th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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.

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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.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

designinvento
directorypress
≤ 3.6.10

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.

addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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