CVE-2024-3293 SQL injection in rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress
Authenticated contributors can exploit SQL injection in the rtMedia 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-2024-3293?
CVE-2024-3293 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in rtcamp rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress, published on 23 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via the rtmedia_gallery shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.18 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 contributor-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-2024-3293?
How do I fix CVE-2024-3293?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3293 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-2024-3293 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3293 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w77c-397p-5q68.