{"id":"CVE-2021-24786","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24786","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T00:48:28.577Z","title":"The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.4.5 does not properly validate and escape the \"orderby\" GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when viewing the logs, leading to an SQL Injection issue","description":"The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.4.5 does not properly validate and escape the \"orderby\" GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when viewing the logs, leading to an SQL Injection issue","published":"2022-01-03T13:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:40:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["wpchill/download monitor"],"epss":{"score":0.17348,"percentile":0.97118,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2022-02-02","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":50695,"kind":"exploit","title":"Wordpress Plugin Download Monitor WordPress V 4.4.4 - SQL Injection (Authenticated)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50695","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/50695.py","file":"exploits/php/webapps/50695.py","published":"2022-02-02","added":"2022-02-02","updated":"2022-02-02","author":"Ron Jost","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2021-24786"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comdownload-monitor.4.4.4.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6571f16-66d2-449e-af83-1c6ddd56edfa","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6571f16-66d2-449e-af83-1c6ddd56edfa","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24786","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}