# CVE-2024-0566: Smart Manager < 8.28.0 - Admin+ SQL Injection

> An attacker with admin privileges can exploit a SQL injection vulnerability in the Smart Manager plugin to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 7 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-44pg-8763-mhc9

## What is CVE-2024-0566?

CVE-2024-0566 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Smart Manager, published on 12 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Smart Manager WordPress plugin before 8.28.0 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0566?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Storeapps Smart Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0566?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0566 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0566 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0566 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/xbz0n/CVE-2024-0566 (github_poc): https://github.com/xbz0n/CVE-2024-0566
- Smart Manager 8.27.0 - Post-Authenticated SQL Injection (exploitdb)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0566 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0566 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Smart Manager, published on 12 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0566 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Smart Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0566/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0566/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0566
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0566
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0566

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0566/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.