VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-24393
A c GET parameter of the Comment Highlighter WordPress plugin through 0.13 is not properly sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A c GET parameter of the Comment Highlighter WordPress plugin through 0.13 is not properly sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.55% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- comment highlighter project/comment highlighter
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-comment-highlighter/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/24969766-19e3-47cd-b32c-6c3330651d1fExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-comment-highlighter/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/24969766-19e3-47cd-b32c-6c3330651d1fExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.