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CVE-2021-24848 (GCVE-0-2021-24848)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 10:41 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Mediamatic < 2.8.1 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection
Summary
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
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Mediamatic – Media Library Folders Affected: 2.8.1 , < 2.8.1 (custom)
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Credits
JrXnm
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