# CVE-2024-3552: Web Directory Free < 1.7.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Web Directory Free WordPress plugin to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jwg5-qqgr-9462

## What is CVE-2024-3552?

CVE-2024-3552 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Web Directory Free, published on 13 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION, Time-Based and Error-Based.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3552?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Salephpscripts Web Directory Free.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3552?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3552 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3552 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/KiPhuong/cve-2024-3552 (github_poc): https://github.com/KiPhuong/cve-2024-3552
- https://github.com/KiPhuong/challenge-cve-2024-3552 (github_poc): https://github.com/KiPhuong/challenge-cve-2024-3552
- CVE-2024-3552 (github_poc): https://github.com/neevmeh18/rw-web-directory-free
- Web Directory Free < 1.7.0 - SQL Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-3552.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Web Directory Free

- [CVE-2024-3673](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3673/): Web Directory Free < 1.7.3 - Unauthenticated LFI (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-2201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2201/): Web Directory Free <= 1.6.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via post_id (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-3669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3669/): Web Directory Free < 1.7.2 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3552 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3552 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Web Directory Free, published on 13 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3552 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Web Directory Free. 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-2024-3552/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3552/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3552
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3552
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3552

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3552/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.