Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-6265

Critical

Published: 29 June 2024

Published
29 June 2024
Modified
08 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.3371 97.1th percentile
Risk Priority 40 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-6265 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Ayecode Userswp. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

The vulnerability is a time-based SQL injection flaw in the UsersWP plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 1.2.10. It stems from insufficient escaping of the user-supplied uwp_sort_by parameter and the absence of prepared statements in the existing SQL query within the user-sorting settings component.

Unauthenticated attackers can supply crafted input to the parameter over the network, appending arbitrary SQL to existing queries. Successful exploitation enables extraction of sensitive database contents and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact without authentication or user interaction.

Public references point to a patched changeset in the plugin repository and a detailed advisory from Wordfence that identify the affected code path and confirm availability of an updated version. The current EPSS score of 0.3371, with a peak of 0.3784, indicates moderate and relatively stable exploitation interest since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘uwp_sort_by’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.10 due to insufficient…

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escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

ayecode
userswp
≤ 1.2.11

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

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

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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