# CVE-2024-4145: Search & Replace < 3.2.2 - Admin+ SQL injection

> Administrators can perform SQL injection attacks in the Search & Replace WordPress plugin due to unsanitized parameters.

- **Severity:** Low 3.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q492-8r5j-853q

## What is CVE-2024-4145?

CVE-2024-4145 is a low-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Search & Replace, published on 13 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Search & Replace WordPress plugin before 3.2.2 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing admins to perform SQL injection attacks (such as within a multi-site network).

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4145?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp-Media Search \& Replace.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4145?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4145 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4145 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4145 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Search & Replace

- [CVE-2024-38759](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38759/): WordPress Search & Replace plugin <= 3.2.2 - Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4145 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4145 is a low-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Search & Replace, published on 13 Jun 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4145 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Search & Replace. 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-2024-4145/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4145/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4145
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4145
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4145

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4145/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.