{"id":"CVE-2021-24791","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24791","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:43:23.116Z","title":"The Header Footer Code Manager WordPress plugin before 1.1.14 does not validate and escape the \"orderby\" and \"order\" request parameters before using them in a SQL statement when viewing the Snippets admin dashboard, leading to SQL injections","description":"The Header Footer Code Manager WordPress plugin before 1.1.14 does not validate and escape the \"orderby\" and \"order\" request parameters before using them in a SQL statement when viewing the Snippets admin dashboard, leading to SQL injections","published":"2021-11-08T18:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:40:55.000Z","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":["draftpress/header footer code manager"],"epss":{"score":0.05208,"percentile":0.92437,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d55caa9b-d50f-4c13-bc69-dc475641735f","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d55caa9b-d50f-4c13-bc69-dc475641735f","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24791","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."}