CVE-2024-27956
WordPress Automatic plugin <= 3.92.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary SQL Execution vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in ValvePress Automatic allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
9.9
WordPress Automatic plugin <= 3.92.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary SQL Execution vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in ValvePress Automatic allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-27956- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-25130
9.9
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in ValvePress Automatic allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.
- Record
EUVD-2024-25130- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xv4r-44qp-78wm
9.9
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')...
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in ValvePress Automatic allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.
- Record
GHSA-xv4r-44qp-78wm- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
9.9
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in ValvePress Automatic allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Automatic: from n/a through 3.92.0.
- Record
CVE-2024-27956- CVSS 3.1
- 9.9 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | WordPress wp-automatic Plugin SQLi Admin Creation | 2024-03-13 |
| Nuclei | WordPress Automatic Plugin <= 3.92.0 - SQL Injection | |
| PoC in GitHub | 0axz-tools/CVE-2024-27956 | 2025-10-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | 7aRanchi/CVE-2024-27956-for-fscan | 2024-12-20 |
| PoC in GitHub | Ap0dexMe0/CVE-2024-27956 | 2024-07-11 |
| PoC in GitHub | CERTologists/EXPLOITING-CVE-2024-27956 | 2024-07-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2024-27956 | 2024-06-07 |
| PoC in GitHub | FoxyProxys/CVE-2024-27956 | 2024-05-05 |
| PoC in GitHub | W3BW/CVE-2024-27956-RCE-File-Package | 2024-05-15 |
| PoC in GitHub | X-Projetion/CVE-2024-27956-WORDPRESS-RCE-PLUGIN | 2024-05-03 |
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| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | cve-2024/CVE-2024-27956-RCE | 2024-06-14 |
| PoC in GitHub | devsec23/CVE-2024-27956 | 2025-05-01 |
| PoC in GitHub | diego-tella/CVE-2024-27956-RCE | 2024-05-01 |
| PoC in GitHub | hitazuranahiro/Valve-Press-CVE-2024-27956-RCE | 2024-06-13 |
| PoC in GitHub | itzheartzz/MASS-CVE-2024-27956 | 2024-06-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | k3ppf0r/CVE-2024-27956 | 2024-05-07 |
| PoC in GitHub | m4nInTh3mIdDle/wordpress-CVE-2024-27956 | 2025-04-27 |
| PoC in GitHub | truonghuuphuc/CVE-2024-27956 | 2024-04-27 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-27956 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.9) in Valvepress Automatic, published March 21, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-automatic/wordpress-automatic-plugin-3-92-0-unauthenticated-arbitrary-sql-execution-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
patchstack.com/articles/critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-wordpress-automatic-plugin?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27956
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xv4r-44qp-78wm