CVE-2021-24340
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 29.78% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- veronalabs/wp statistics
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 29.8% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2970cfb-0aa9-4516-9a4b-32971f41a19cExploit, 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-32971f41a19cExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/over-600000-sites-impacted-by-wp-statistics-patch/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.