CVE-2021-24151 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Editor WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 did not sanitise or validate its setting fields leading to an authenticated (admin+) blind SQL injection issue via an arbitrary parameter when making a request to save the settings.

Published: 2024-01-16

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Editor

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.2.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:benjaminrojas:wp_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11065	The WP Editor WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 did not sanitise or validate its setting fields leading to an authenticated (admin+) blind SQL injection issue via an arbitrary parameter when making a request to save the settings.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00526.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ee77dd7-5a73-4d4e-8038-23e6e763e20c/

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Benjaminrojas Wp Editor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:48:54.185Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:54:11.018Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T15:03:46.545Z

Link: CVE-2021-24151

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:21:18.214Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:08.763

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:27.670

Link: CVE-2021-24151

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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