# CVE-2024-43976: WordPress Super Store Finder plugin <= 6.9.7 - SQL Injection vulnerability

> Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Super Store Finder plugin, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m9p7-jwr6-3575

## What is CVE-2024-43976?

CVE-2024-43976 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in highwarden Super Store Finder, published on 17 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in highwarden Super Store Finder superstorefinder-wp.This issue affects Super Store Finder: from n/a through <= 6.9.7.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43976?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Superstorefinder Super Store Finder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-43976?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43976 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-43976 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in highwarden Super Store Finder

- [CVE-2023-41507](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41507/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-41508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41508/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-43978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43978/): WordPress Super Store Finder plugin < 6.9.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2023-43835](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43835/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-13440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13440/): Super Store Finder <= 7.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-43976 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-43976 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in highwarden Super Store Finder, published on 17 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43976 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: highwarden Super Store Finder. 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-2024-43976/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43976/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43976
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43976
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43976

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43976/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.