CVE-2021-24551 (GCVE-0-2021-24551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-23 11:10 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI
Title
Edit Comments <= 0.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Summary
The Edit Comments WordPress plugin through 0.3 does not sanitise, validate or escape the jal_edit_comments GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection issue
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Edit Comments Affected: 0.3 , ≤ 0.3 (custom)
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Credits
Shreya Pohekar of Codevigilant Project
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