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CVE-2024-9796

42
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-9796 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting the WP-Advanced-Search WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.3.9.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands due to improper sanitization of the 't' parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, it poses a severe risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public Nuclei templates exist for exploitation, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:internet-formation:wp-advanced-search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2024-9796 · Oct 23, 2024
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0300 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wpscan.com / vulnerability/2ddd6839-6bcb-4bb8-97e0-1516b8c2b99b
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