# CVE-2024-12773: Altra Side Menu <= 2.0 - Admin+ SQL Injection

> Administrators can perform SQL injection attacks in the Altra Side Menu WordPress plugin due to unsanitized parameters.

- **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:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v9f7-mhwh-hfh9

## What is CVE-2024-12773?

CVE-2024-12773 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Altra Side Menu, published on 27 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Altra Side Menu WordPress plugin through 2.0 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing admins to perform SQL injection attacks

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12773?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pulseextensions Altra Side Menu.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12773?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12773 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Altra Side Menu

- [CVE-2024-12774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12774/): Altra Side Menu <= 2.0 - Abitrary Menu Deletion via CSRF (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12773 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12773 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Altra Side Menu, published on 27 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Altra Side Menu. 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-2024-12773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12773/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12773
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12773
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12773

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12773/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.