CVE-2024-3552 — The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1

The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION, Time-Based and Error-Based.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION, Time-Based and Error-Based.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Web Directory Free	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-06-13T06:00:02.709Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-25T14:04:25.515Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/34b03ee4-de81-4fec-9f3d-e1bd5b94d136/