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CVE-2024-13236 Tainacan <= 0.21.12 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with Subscriber access can exploit SQL injection in the Tainacan WordPress plugin to extract sensitive database information.

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-2024-13236?

CVE-2024-13236 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Tainacan, published on 23 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'collection_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.21.12 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, with Subscriber-level access and above, 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-2024-13236?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tainacan Tainacan.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13236?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13236 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-2024-13236 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13236 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-842h-xgm6-hwm5.

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