Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin: SQL injection
Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 05, 2025
This CVE was published Mar 05, 2025 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Hero Mega Menu - Responsive WordPress Menu Plugin to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N