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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

critical Affects web-directory-free (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

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

Package
web-directory-free (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.7.0
Fixed in
1.7.0
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 67% (99.3th percentile)
Published
2024-06-13
Source
nvd

References

CWE-89
NVD recordweb-directory-free (WordPress plugin) advisories

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