CVE-2024-48040

WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability

8.5 High

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in tainacan Tainacan tainacan allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through <= 0.21.8.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.54%Up 0.5 points since Oct 12, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.5

WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-48040
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-42912 8.5

Record: EUVD-2024-42912
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9832-82h6-vrv6 8.5

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 Tainacan.Org Tainacan allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through 0.21.8.

Record: GHSA-9832-82h6-vrv6
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.5

Record: CVE-2024-48040
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 3.1: 6.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 8.5

WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-48040
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

tainacan

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-48040 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Tainacan, published October 11, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.