Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-13778Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin <= 1.16.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity SQL injection in Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin from heroplugins. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via several functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.16.5 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 Subscriber-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 (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| heroplugins | Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin | 0 – through 1.16.5 |
Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N