# CVE-2024-38755: WordPress DirectoryPress plugin <= 3.6.10 - SQL Injection vulnerability

> An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the DirectoryPress plugin, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xrgc-rm8q-pjrp

## What is CVE-2024-38755?

CVE-2024-38755 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Designinvento DirectoryPress, published on 22 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Designinvento DirectoryPress allows SQL Injection.This issue affects DirectoryPress: from n/a through 3.6.10.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38755?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Designinvento Directorypress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38755?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38755 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38755 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Designinvento DirectoryPress

- [CVE-2024-49633](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49633/): WordPress DirectoryPress plugin <= 3.6.19 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-32567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32567/): WordPress DirectoryPress plugin <= 3.6.7 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-37967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37967/): WordPress DirectoryPress plugin <= 3.6.2 - Unauthenticated Broken Access Control Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-10584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10584/): DirectoryPress <= 3.6.16 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-10581](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10581/): DirectoryPress Frontend <= 2.7.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Listing Status Update (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38755 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38755 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Designinvento DirectoryPress, published on 22 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Designinvento DirectoryPress. 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-2024-38755/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38755/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38755
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38755
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38755

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38755/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.