SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-24848

The mediamaticAjaxRenameCategory AJAX action of the Mediamatic WordPress plugin before 2.8.1, available to any authenticated user, does not sanitise the categoryID parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.32%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The mediamaticAjaxRenameCategory AJAX action of the Mediamatic WordPress plugin before 2.8.1, available to any authenticated user, does not sanitise the categoryID parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.32% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
frenify/mediamatic
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.