FKIE_CVE-2021-24551

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-23 12:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-edit-comments/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e62fb8db-384f-4384-ad24-e10eb9058ed5Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-edit-comments/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e62fb8db-384f-4384-ad24-e10eb9058ed5Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
edit_comments_project edit_comments *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:13.353",
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