# CVE-2024-38793: WordPress Best Restaurant Menu by Pricelisto plugin <= 1.4.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Best Restaurant Menu 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:** 29 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hwfj-8pr6-34jj

## What is CVE-2024-38793?

CVE-2024-38793 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Best Restaurant Menu by PriceListo, published on 29 Aug 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 PriceListo Best Restaurant Menu by PriceListo allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Best Restaurant Menu by PriceListo: from n/a through 1.4.1.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38793?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pricelisto Great Restaurant Menu Wp.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38793?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38793 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38793 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38793 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Proof of Concept code for exploitation of CVE-2024-38793 (Best Restaurant Menu by PriceListo <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection) (github_poc): https://github.com/ret2desync/CVE-2024-38793-PoC

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38793 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38793 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Best Restaurant Menu by PriceListo, published on 29 Aug 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-2024-38793 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Best Restaurant Menu by PriceListo. 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-2024-38793/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38793/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38793
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38793
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38793

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38793/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.