heroplugins Hero Slider Plugin up to 1.3.5 on WordPress sql injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in heroplugins Hero Slider Plugin up to 1.3.5 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-13809. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in heroplugins Hero Slider Plugin up to 1.3.5 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Hero Slider - WordPress Slider Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via several parameters in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.5 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 Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

The weakness was shared by Lucio Sá. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-13809 since 01/30/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• heroplugins

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• Hero Slider Plugin

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5

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