CVE-2024-12195 SQL injection in Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with project access can exploit SQL injection to extract sensitive database information via the project_id parameter.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-12195?

CVE-2024-12195 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in wedevs Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker, published on 4 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WP Project Manager – Task, team, and project management plugin featuring kanban board and gantt charts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'project_id' parameter of the /wp-json/pm/v2/projects/2/task-lists REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.16 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, who have been granted access to a project, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12195?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wedevs Wp Project Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12195?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12195 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2024-12195 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12195 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-27c4-2x9g-736m.

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