# CVE-2024-30495: WordPress Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin <= 1.3.47 - SQL Injection vulnerability

> An SQL injection vulnerability in the Falang multilanguage plugin allows attackers to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fc9p-94fp-8jcw

## What is CVE-2024-30495?

CVE-2024-30495 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Faboba Falang multilanguage, published on 29 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Faboba Falang multilanguage.This issue affects Falang multilanguage: from n/a through 1.3.47.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30495?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Faboba Falang.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-30495?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30495 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-30495 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Faboba Falang multilanguage

- [CVE-2024-6869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6869/): Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.3.52 - Missing Authorization to Translation Update and Information Exposure (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-37968](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37968/): WordPress Falang multilanguage Plugin <= 1.3.39 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-30495 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-30495 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Faboba Falang multilanguage, published on 29 Mar 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-30495 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Faboba Falang multilanguage. 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-2024-30495/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30495/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30495
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30495
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30495

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30495/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.