CVE-2024-51818
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the Fancy Product Designer WordPress plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the database. It affects all WordPress sites using this plugin from any version up to 6.4.3. Attackers can potentially access, modify, or delete sensitive data stored in the WordPress database.
💻 Affected Systems
- Fancy Product Designer WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise leading to data theft, data destruction, privilege escalation to administrator, and potential remote code execution via database functions.
Likely Case
Unauthenticated attackers extracting sensitive data like user credentials, personal information, and potentially gaining administrative access to the WordPress site.
If Mitigated
Limited data exposure if proper input validation and parameterized queries are implemented, with database permissions restricted to minimum necessary privileges.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability is unauthenticated and has public proof-of-concept available, making it easily exploitable by attackers with basic SQL injection knowledge.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 6.4.4 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find Fancy Product Designer and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify version is 6.4.4 or higher.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate fancy-product-designer
Web Application Firewall Rules
allImplement WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the plugin
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation and parameterized queries in custom code
- Restrict database user permissions to SELECT only where possible
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Fancy Product Designer version. If version is 6.4.3 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get fancy-product-designer --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 6.4.4 or higher in WordPress admin plugins page.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple failed SQL queries with similar patterns
- Unexpected database connections from web server
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with SQL keywords in parameters (SELECT, UNION, etc.)
- Requests to Fancy Product Designer endpoints with suspicious parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "fancy-product-designer" AND ("SQL" OR "database" OR "syntax")