SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-3552

The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION,…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 67.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 67.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Web Directory Free WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION, Time-Based and Error-Based.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
67.06% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
salephpscripts/web directory free
Source
contact@wpscan.com
EPSS trend
0%35%70%3 November 2026: 67.06%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 67.1% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.