9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-24915
WordPress Contest Gallery SQL Injection Vulnerability
Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 13.1.0.6 does not have capability checks and does not sanitise or escape the cg-search-user-name-original parameter before using it in a SQL statement when exporting users from a gallery, which could allow unauthenticated to perform SQL injections attacks, as well as get the list of all users registered on the blog, including their username and email address

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 29, 2021, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24915 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Contest_gallery contest_gallery
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-24915.

URL Resource
https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24915 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917
    Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE WPScan CWE-862
    Added CWE WPScan CWE-89
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-862 / More specific CWE option available
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917 No Types Assigned https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-89
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:contest_gallery:contest_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 13.1.0.6
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

74.56 }} -0.32%

score

0.98779

percentile

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