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CVE-2024-3293: rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.6.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via rtmedia_gallery Shortcode

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via the rtmedia_gallery shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.18 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

• rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress: through 4.6.18

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3071359/buddypress-media
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32b6938a-0566-46c8-8761-0403b3a0e3e9?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3071359/buddypress-media
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32b6938a-0566-46c8-8761-0403b3a0e3e9?source=cve

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