CVE-2024-13909 Accredible Certificates & Open Badges <= 1.4.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via orderby Parameter
Authenticated administrators can exploit SQL injection in the Accredible Certificates plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13909?
CVE-2024-13909 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Accredible Certificates & Open Badges, published on 10 Apr 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Accredible Certificates & Open Badges plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.9 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 Administrator-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-2024-13909?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13909?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13909 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-2024-13909 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13909 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rfm6-fgv5-9666.