Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2024· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2024-2871
CVE-2024-2871
Description
The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 3.13 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:davidlingren:media_library_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <3.14
- Range: <=3.13
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e63fb84-a16b-447f-be73-e01f30881445nvdThird Party Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.phpnvdProduct
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.phpnvdProduct
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