FKIE_CVE-2021-24400

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-09-20 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 had an `id` parameter which is not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-wp-display-users/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/614cf338-c8cf-4570-ae83-4f79cbdcc9d5Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-wp-display-users/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/614cf338-c8cf-4570-ae83-4f79cbdcc9d5Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wp-display-users_project wp-display-users *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:39:57.900",
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