VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-24550
The Broken Link Manager WordPress plugin through 0.6.5 does not sanitise, validate or escape the url GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when retrieving an URL to edit, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.58%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Broken Link Manager WordPress plugin through 0.6.5 does not sanitise, validate or escape the url GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when retrieving an URL to edit, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue
- 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
- 1.58% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- broken link manager project/broken link manager
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-broken-link-manager/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf65448-689c-474d-a566-c9b6797d3e4aExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-broken-link-manager/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf65448-689c-474d-a566-c9b6797d3e4aExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.