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

8.8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-3293
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published April 22, 2024
Last Updated April 23, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

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.

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Vulnerability Details for rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug buddypress-media (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.6.19, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.6.18
Patched Version
  • 4.6.19

Recent vulnerabilities in rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.7.9 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-40773 4.3 Jakub Herman April 21, 2026
2 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.7.8 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure CVE-2026-25325 5.3 Doan Dinh Van (d52v) February 1, 2026
3 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 4.7.0 - 4.7.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via handle_rest_pre_dispatch Function CVE-2025-9218 3.7 kr0d December 12, 2025
4 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.6.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection CVE-2026-15287 6.5 Peter Thaleikis April 29, 2024
5 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress WordPress <= 4.6.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload CVE-2023-5939 7.2 Alex Sanford November 29, 2023
6 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.6.15 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVE-2023-5931 8.8 Krzysztof Zając November 29, 2023
7 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.6.14 - Missing Authorization via export_settings CVE-2023-41951 4.3 thiennv September 6, 2023
8 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.6.14 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure 4.3 September 4, 2023
9 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.6.14 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update 4.3 September 4, 2023
10 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress <= 4.2 - Arbitary File Upload 9.8 James Golovich December 21, 2016

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