CVE-2024-7607 Front End Users <= 3.2.28 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Time-Based SQL Injection
Authenticated attackers with Contributor access can exploit time-based SQL injection to extract sensitive database information from the Front End Users plugin.
- 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-2024-7607?
CVE-2024-7607 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in rustaurius Front End Users, published on 29 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Front End Users plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘order’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.28 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-2024-7607?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Etoilewebdesign Front End Users.
How do I fix CVE-2024-7607?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7607 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-2024-7607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-7607 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in rustaurius Front End Users
- CVE-2025-2005 Front-End-Only-Users <= 3.2.32 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2024-13569 Front End Users <= 3.2.32 - Reflected XSS
- CVE-2023-33322 WordPress Front End Users plugin < 3.2.25 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2025-26877 WordPress Front End Users Plugin <= 3.2.30 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-34005 WordPress Front End Users Plugin <= 3.2.24 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7xcm-586q-jcgq.