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Critical · 9.8 Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2024-3552 EUVD-2024-32138GHSA-jwg5-qqgr-9462

Web Directory Free < 1.7.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Published Jun 13, 2024 · Updated Mar 25, 2025 · Assigned by WPScan

Category: Web / CMS

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Web Directory Free < 1.7.0 1.7.0

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 2 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

References