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CVE-2024-8855: wordpress auction vulnerability
CVE-2024-8855: critical vulnerability affecting wordpress auction. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL
- EPSS
- 47.3%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- wordpress auction
What is known
The WordPress Auction Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.7 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing editors and above to perform SQL injection attacks
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-8855, a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) affecting wordpress auction, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether wordpress auction is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.