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CVE-2024-2871: Media Library Assistant <= 3.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Media Library Assistant plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode(s) in all versions up to, and including, 3.13 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 access or higher, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Affected products

• dglingren Media Library Assistant: before 3.14 — fixed in 3.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: dglingren Media Library Assistant 3.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L151
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L1798
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L1949
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e63fb84-a16b-447f-be73-e01f30881445?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L151
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L1798
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/media-library-assistant/trunk/includes/class-mla-shortcode-custom-list.php#L1949
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e63fb84-a16b-447f-be73-e01f30881445?source=cve

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