# CVE-2024-43965: SendGrid for WordPress - SQLi

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-43965 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-43965

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.2
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Smackcoders SendGrid for WordPress
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))
- **Tags:** wordpress, cms

## Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Smackcoders SendGrid for WordPress allows SQL Injection.This issue affects SendGrid for WordPress: from n/a through 1.4.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-43965](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43965) is an SQL injection vulnerability in Smackcoders SendGrid for WordPress plugin versions up to 1.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL commands, potentially exposing sensitive database information or enabling data exfiltration through the vulnerable WordPress site.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 25th of March 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-43965 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to `/wp-admin/admin.php` with the `page=wp-mailplus-logs` parameter, injecting SQL commands via the `orderby` parameter to execute arbitrary SQL queries on vulnerable WordPress sites using the SendGrid plugin.

## Timeline

- 2024-08-29: CVE Published. CVE-2024-43965 is published to NVD.
- 2026-03-25: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-43965 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2026-08-18: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-43965 for the first time.

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-sendgrid-mailer/wordpress-sendgrid-for-wordpress-plugin-1-4-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-43965.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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