Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-51715

High

Published: 07 January 2025

Published
07 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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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 0.0059 69.6th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-51715 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Flowdee Clickwhale. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 30.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-51715 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that enables Blind SQL Injection in the ClickWhale WordPress plugin. This flaw affects ClickWhale versions from n/a through 2.4.1 and is associated with CWE-89.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating it can be exploited remotely by low-privileged users with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high confidentiality impact by extracting sensitive data from the database, with a changed scope, no integrity impact, and low availability impact.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress ClickWhale plugin version 2.4.1: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/clickwhale/vulnerability/wordpress-clickwhale-plugin-2-4-1-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in ClickWhale ClickWhale clickwhale allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects ClickWhale: from n/a through <= 2.4.1.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

Direct remote exploitation of public-facing WordPress plugin via SQLi (T1190) enabling database data extraction (T1213.006).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-26963Same product: Flowdee Clickwhale
CVE-2019-25537Shared CWE-89
CVE-2019-25366Shared CWE-89
CVE-2019-25496Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-1475Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-26990Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-44047Shared CWE-89
CVE-2025-12865Shared CWE-89
CVE-2024-11135Shared CWE-89
CVE-2019-25491Shared CWE-89

Affected Assets

flowdee
clickwhale
≤ 2.4.2

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs using defined tools and procedures, directly preventing blind SQL injection by neutralizing special elements in SQL commands.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 ensures identification, reporting, and timely correction of system flaws, directly mitigating this specific SQL injection vulnerability in ClickWhale versions <=2.4.1.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
preventdetect

RA-5 mandates vulnerability scanning and remediation, enabling detection and patching of SQL injection flaws like CVE-2024-51715 in the ClickWhale plugin.

References