# CVE-2024-1287: Paid Memberships Pro - Member Directory Add On < 1.2.6 - Contributor+ Sensitive Information Disclosure via SQLi

> Contributors can exploit SQL injection to leak sensitive user data, including password hashes, in the Paid Memberships Pro Member Directory plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcwx-63wp-cqr7

## What is CVE-2024-1287?

CVE-2024-1287 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown pmpro-member-directory, published on 30 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The pmpro-member-directory WordPress plugin before 1.2.6 does not prevent users with at least the contributor role from leaking other users' sensitive information, including password hashes via an SQLi vector.

Weakness: CWE-202 (Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1287?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1287 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1287 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown pmpro-member-directory

- [CVE-2023-23488](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23488/): SQL injection in Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-25114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25114/): Paid Memberships Pro < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-0631](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0631/): Paid Memberships Pro < 2.9.12 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-20678](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-20678/): SQL injection in Paid Memberships Pro (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-37486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37486/): WordPress Paid Memberships Pro plugin <= 3.0.5 - Authenticated SQL Injection vulnerability (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1287 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown pmpro-member-directory, published on 30 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1287 exists.

Affected product: Unknown pmpro-member-directory. 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-2024-1287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1287/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1287

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1287/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.