CVE-2024-13435
Published: 12 February 2025
Description
The Ebook Downloader plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'download' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 due to insufficient 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.
Security Summary
CVE-2024-13435 is a SQL injection vulnerability in the Ebook Downloader plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0. The issue stems from insufficient escaping of the user-supplied 'download' parameter and lack of sufficient preparation in the existing SQL query, allowing injection of malicious SQL code.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables appending additional SQL queries to extract sensitive information from the database, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) and mapping to CWE-89.
Advisories and related resources, including Wordfence's threat intelligence report and the plugin source code at line 278 in ebook_plugin.php, provide further details on the vulnerability for assessment and mitigation planning.
Details
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