CVE-2024-8624 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin for WordPress, impacting all versions up to and including 1.3.3.3. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw by manipulating the 'meta_key' attribute within the 'mdf_select_title' shortcode. This allows them to append malicious SQL queries, potentially extracting sensitive information from the database. With a CVSS score of 9.9 (Critical) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pluginus:wordpress_meta_data_and_taxonomies_filter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.