CVE-2024-4742 SQL injection in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress
Authenticated contributors can exploit SQL injection in the Youzify WordPress plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4742?
CVE-2024-4742 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress, published on 20 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the order_by shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4742?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kainelabs Youzify.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4742?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4742 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-4742 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4742 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress
- CVE-2022-1950 Youzify < 1.2.0 - Unauthenticated SQLi
- CVE-2024-37494 WordPress Youzify plugin <= 1.2.5 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2024-2864 WordPress Youzify - Buddypress Moderation plugin <= 1.2.5 - Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-13370 Missing authorization in Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress
- CVE-2023-47191 WordPress Youzify Plugin <= 1.2.2 is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qpg6-jr93-p3p4.