CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-24340
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-06-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89
Description
The WP Statistics WordPress plugin before 13.0.8 relied on using the WordPress esc_sql() function on a field not delimited by quotes and did not first prepare the query. Additionally, the page, which should have been accessible to administrator only, was also available to any visitor, including unauthenticated ones.
Affected configurations
• veronalabs wp statistics (< 13.0.8)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2970cfb-0aa9-4516-9a4b-32971f41a19c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/over-600000-sites-impacted-by-wp-statistics-patch/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2970cfb-0aa9-4516-9a4b-32971f41a19c Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/over-600000-sites-impacted-by-wp-statistics-patch/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory