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CVE-2024-13594: Simple Downloads List <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Simple Downloads List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'category' attribute of the 'neofix_sdl' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 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 Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Affected products

• neofix Simple Downloads List: before 1.4.3 — fixed in 1.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: neofix Simple Downloads List 1.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-downloads-list/trunk/lists/list_1/download_list_1.php#L20
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3226486%40simple-downloads-list&new=3226486%40simple-downloads-list&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file14
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/49f5bb21-d18f-453b-bef4-e3b234d162c8?source=cve

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