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CVE-2024-43976: WordPress Super Store Finder plugin <= 6.9.7 - SQL Injection vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.46% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: highwarden Super Store Finder 6.9.8.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to highwarden Super Store Finder 6.9.8 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in highwarden Super Store Finder superstorefinder-wp.This issue affects Super Store Finder: from n/a through <= 6.9.7.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 17, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 39th percentile

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Action score

39

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
9.8
CNA · Patchstack
9.3
0.5 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
superstorefindersuper store finder

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • superstorefinder super store finderbefore 6.9.8

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • highwarden Super Store Finder

    • up to and including 6.9.7affectedfixed in 6.9.8

Same product

superstorefinder: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-43978WordPress Super Store Finder plugin < 6.9.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-41507Super Store Finder v3.6 was discovered to contain multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the store locator component via the products, di
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-41508A hard coded password in Super Store Finder v3.6 allows attackers to access the administration panel.
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-44044Sep 27, 2023 · Super Store Finder v3.6 and below was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the Search parameter at /admin/stores.php.
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-43835Oct 2, 2023 · Super Store Finder 3.7 and below is vulnerable to authenticated Arbitrary PHP Code Injection that could lead to Remote Code Execution when s
    36Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-43975Sep 17, 2024 · WordPress Super Store Finder plugin <= 6.9.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
highwarden Super Store Finder6.9.8Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

  • BondsPatchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-439780 days apartWordPress Super Store Finder plugin < 6.9.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-41507378 days apartSuper Store Finder v3.6 was discovered to contain multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the store locator component via the products, di
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2023-3751427 days apartSuper Store Finder POST Parameter index.php sql injection
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-13440145 days apartSuper Store Finder <= 7.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2023-44044356 days apartSuper Store Finder v3.6 and below was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the Search parameter at /admin/stores.php.
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");

Fixed

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",  [owner]);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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