# CVE-2024-6205: PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin - SQLi

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-6205 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-2024-6205

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 7.6
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** PayPlus Payment Gateway
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))
- **Tags:** cms, ecommerce, wordpress

## Description

The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 6.6.9 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a WooCommerce API route available to unauthenticated users, leading to an SQL injection vulnerability.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-6205](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6205) is an SQL injection vulnerability affecting the PayPlus Payment Gateway plugin for WordPress, which arises from improper sanitization of parameters processed via an unauthenticated WooCommerce API route.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 1st of February 2025.

CrowdSec network observations suggest that most exploitation of CVE-2024-6205 involves focused reconnaissance to identify viable targets. Attackers typically tailor their campaigns based on system exposure and configuration. It is unlikely that a given attack is accidental.
In addition, according to the CrowdSec network, attack volume against CVE-2024-6205 has dipped slightly compared to the previous week. Although still commonly targeted, the decline suggests a cooling-off period. Long-term relevance remains, but attention is waning.

Exploitation attempts are characterized by requests containing the `/wc-api=payplus_gateway&status_code=true&more_info=(select*` pattern within the URL.

## Timeline

- 2024-07-19: CVE Published. CVE-2024-6205 is published to NVD.
- 2025-02-01: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-6205 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-02-01: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-6205 for the first time.

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7e2c5032-2917-418c-aee3-092bdb78a087/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6205.yaml

## Live exploitation data

The [Live Exploit Tracker page](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-6205) follows observed exploitation activity for CVE-2024-6205. [Request an API key](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/request-api-key) for full access to its exploitation timeline, attacking IP addresses and blocklists.