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

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-89 and its CVEs

Affected products

• rtcamp · rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress

  • affected ≤ 4.6.18

References (2)

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/32b6938a-0566-46c8-8761-0403b3a0e3e9?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3071359/buddypress-media (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2024-3293](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2024-3293.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-3293)

Record last updated 8 Apr 2026, 16:45 UTC.