Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-24956

Critical

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0023 13.5th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-24956 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 13.5th 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-24956 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that enables Blind SQL Injection in the Shahjada Download Manager Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (wpdm-elementor). This issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.3.0 and was published on 2026-02-20.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating that unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit it over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation allows attackers to perform blind SQL injection, achieving high confidentiality impact by potentially extracting sensitive data from the underlying database, with low availability impact and changed scope.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpdm-elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-download-manager-addons-for-elementor-plugin-1-3-0-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Shahjada Download Manager Addons for Elementor wpdm-elementor allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Download Manager Addons for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.3.0.

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 vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the application (T1190) for unauthenticated data access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs, directly preventing SQL injection by neutralizing special elements used in SQL commands within the WordPress plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like this blind SQL injection vulnerability through patching.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

RA-5 mandates vulnerability scanning of hosted applications, enabling detection of SQL injection flaws in plugins like wpdm-elementor.

References