CVE-2024-9796
WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
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
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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
- Record
CVE-2024-9796- 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 - CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
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
- Record
CVE-2024-9796- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-50121
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
- Record
EUVD-2024-50121- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hxx7-vhm6-3427
The WP-Advanced-Search WordPress plugin before 3.3.9.2 does not sanitize and escape the t...
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
- Record
GHSA-hxx7-vhm6-3427- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.9 - SQL Injection | |
| PoC in GitHub | BwithE/CVE-2024-9796 | 2025-06-20 |
| PoC in GitHub | RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9796 | 2024-10-18 |
| PoC in GitHub | viniciuslazzari/CVE-2024-9796 | 2025-01-19 |
| PoC in GitHub | yup-Ivan/CVE-2024-9796 | 2026-01-25 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-9796 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Internet-formation Wp-advanced-search, published October 10, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.00%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.