CVE-2024-5756 SQL injection in Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection to extract sensitive database information from the Icegram Express WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-5756?

CVE-2024-5756 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in icegram Email Subscribers & Newsletters – Email Marketing, Post Notifications & Newsletter Plugin for WordPress, published on 21 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Email Subscribers by Icegram Express – Email Marketing, Newsletters, Automation for WordPress & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the db parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.23 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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-2024-5756?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Icegram Icegram Express.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5756?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5756 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-2024-5756 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5756 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-grp4-qf6x-8325.

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