CVE-2024-9796

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.0%, top 14% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The WP-Advanced-Search WordPress plugin before 3.3.9.2 does not sanitize and escape the t parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
60(Track*)
EG Risk 60/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
3%
EPSS %ILE
86%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 10, 2024

Last Modified

October 15, 2024

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 31, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.2 – Unauthenticated SQL Injection | CVE 2024-9796 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ddd6839-6bcb-4bb8-97e0-1516b8c2b99b/

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-07 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-05 19:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-05 19:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-04 15:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-04 10:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-02 02:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-01 04:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-30 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-30 01:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-28 15:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-27 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-26 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-23 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-23 02:47 UTCEG score recompute▲ 3.90
  19. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-20 17:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 73 more
  1. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-18 10:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-15 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-15 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-13 22:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-13 22:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-12 05:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-12 05:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-11 08:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-09 19:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-09 19:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-08 15:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-07 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-06 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-06 16:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-06 02:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-04 06:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-04 06:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-02 17:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-30 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-17 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-14 23:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-10 13:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-06-10 13:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-05 06:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  65. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-05-28 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-05-27 13:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-05-27 13:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-05-27 13:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-05-23 20:46 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-05-23 20:46 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(4 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (3 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCyup-Ivan/CVE-2024-9796
    First seen Jan 25, 2026

    POC (SQLi) -> CVE-2024-9796

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCBwithE/CVE-2024-9796
    First seen Jun 20, 2025

    CVE-2024-9796 WP-Advanced-Search < 3.3.9.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection. Poc.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCRandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-9796
    First seen Oct 18, 2024

    WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

    Open source ↗
  • Nucleihttp/cves/2024/CVE-2024-9796.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2024

    WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.9 - SQL Injection

    Open source ↗

Related CVEs(same CWE)

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-9796?
CVE-2024-9796 is a critical vulnerability published on October 10, 2024. The WP-Advanced-Search WordPress plugin before 3.3.9.2 does not sanitize and escape the t parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks
When was CVE-2024-9796 disclosed?
CVE-2024-9796 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 10, 2024, with the most recent update on October 15, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-9796 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-9796 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 14.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-9796?
CVE-2024-9796 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-9796?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-9796, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

Dependency Blast Radius

Explore the affected products and dependency analysis for CVE-2024-9796

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2024-9796?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs