Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56250

High

Published: 02 January 2025

Published
02 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0024 47.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56250 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 47.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2024-56250 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the Just Writing Statistics WordPress plugin developed by Greg Ross (just-writing-statistics). This issue impacts all versions from n/a through 4.7, as published on 2025-01-02.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating it is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity by users possessing high privileges, without requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation changes the scope and results in high confidentiality impact with low availability impact, enabling attackers to inject malicious SQL commands and potentially extract sensitive data from the database.

The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress Just Writing Statistics plugin version 4.7, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/just-writing-statistics/vulnerability/wordpress-just-writing-statistics-plugin-4-7-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 Greg Ross Just Writing Statistics just-writing-statistics allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Just Writing Statistics: from n/a through <= 4.7.

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the application for data access.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly prevents SQL injection by requiring validation of user inputs used in SQL commands within the Just Writing Statistics plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Addresses the vulnerability by remediating the specific SQL injection flaw through timely patching of the plugin to a fixed version.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions partial match
prevent

Mitigates SQL injection by restricting the types and characteristics of inputs that could contain malicious SQL payloads.

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