CVE-2024-55972

WordPress eTemplates plugin <= 0.2.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability

9.3 CriticalPublic exploit

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in chriscarvache eTemplates etemplates allows SQL Injection.This issue affects eTemplates: from n/a through <= 0.2.1.

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: High
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

1.23%Up 1.2 points since Dec 17, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 9.3

WordPress eTemplates plugin <= 0.2.1 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Record: CVE-2024-55972
CVSS 3.1: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-52872 9.3

Record: EUVD-2024-52872
CVSS 3.1: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8rhv-37fw-8hc2 9.3

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 Chris Carvache eTemplates allows SQL Injection.This issue affects eTemplates: from n/a through 0.2.1.

Record: GHSA-8rhv-37fw-8hc2
CVSS 3.1: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 9.3

Record: CVE-2024-55972
CVSS 3.1: 9.3 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-55972	2025-01-03

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2024-55972 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Chris Carvache Etemplates, published December 16, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.23%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.