SQL Injection Vulnerability in MDTF Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-12030

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Mdtf – Meta Data And Taxonomies Filter
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 January 2025

What is CVE-2024-12030?

The MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin for WordPress suffers from a SQL Injection vulnerability due to inadequate input escaping on the 'key' attribute of the 'mdf_value' shortcode. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access to inject malicious SQL queries into existing queries. Consequently, attackers could exploit this vulnerability to manipulate database requests, potentially leading to unauthorized data extraction and exposure of sensitive information.

Affected Version(s)

MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter * <= 1.3.3.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-meta-data-f...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Thanh Nam Tran
.
The Cyber Security Vulnerability Database.