# CVE-2024-9796: WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can perform SQL injection via the t parameter in WP-Advanced-Search, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 10 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hxx7-vhm6-3427

## What is CVE-2024-9796?

CVE-2024-9796 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP-Advanced-Search, published on 10 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP-Advanced-Search WordPress plugin before 3.3.9.2 does not sanitize and escape the t parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9796?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Internet-Formation Wp-Advanced-Search.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9796 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9796 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (github_poc): https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9796
- CVE-2024-9796 WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection. Poc. (github_poc): https://github.com/BwithE/CVE-2024-9796
- POC (SQLi) -> CVE-2024-9796 (github_poc): https://github.com/yup-Ivan/CVE-2024-9796
- Vulnerable website to the CVE-2024-9796 (github_poc): https://github.com/viniciuslazzari/CVE-2024-9796
- WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.9 - SQL Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9796.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP-Advanced-Search

- [CVE-2020-12104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12104/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-47447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47447/): WordPress WP-Advanced-Search Plugin <= 3.3.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2024-10554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10554/): WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9796 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9796 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP-Advanced-Search, published on 10 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9796 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP-Advanced-Search. 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-2024-9796/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9796/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9796
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9796
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9796

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.