# CVE-2024-7349: LifterLMS <= 7.7.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection

> Authenticated administrators can exploit blind SQL injection in LifterLMS to extract sensitive database information.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3whw-wqrp-r5hq

## What is CVE-2024-7349?

CVE-2024-7349 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes, published on 6 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via the 'order' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.7.5 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 administrator-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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7349?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lifterlms Lifterlms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7349?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7349 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7349 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes

- [CVE-2020-6008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6008/): File upload in LifterLMS Wordpress Plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-15896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15896/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-52717](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52717/): WordPress LifterLMS plugin <= 8.0.6 - SQL Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-4743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4743/): LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning <= 7.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24562/): LifterLMS < 4.21.2 - Access Other Student Grades/Answers via IDOR (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7349 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7349 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes, published on 6 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes. 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-2024-7349/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7349/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7349
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7349
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7349

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7349/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.