CVE-2021-24551

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The Edit Comments WordPress plugin through 0.3 does not sanitise, validate or escape the jal_edit_comments GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection issue
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-24551
  • Assigner
  • contact@wpscan.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-08-23T12:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-26T19:15:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-89 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:edit_comments_project:edit_comments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 0.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-edit-comments/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e62fb8db-384f-4384-ad24-e10eb9058ed5 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24551
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24551
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:55:52 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 08:42:56 2021-08-23T12:15Z 2021-08-23T12:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 08:42:56 2021-08-26T19:15:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 08:42:56 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated