CVE-2021-24748 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Email Before Download WordPress plugin before 6.8 does not properly validate and escape the order and orderby GET parameters before using them in SQL statements, leading to authenticated SQL injection issues

Published: 2021-11-29

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.3% 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

Email Before Download

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.8`	affected	< 6.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mandsconsulting:email_before_download:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11660	The Email Before Download WordPress plugin before 6.8 does not properly validate and escape the order and orderby GET parameters before using them in SQL statements, leading to authenticated SQL injection issues

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01318.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8625b84-337d-4c4d-a698-73e59d1f8ee1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mandsconsulting Email Before Download

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-11-29T08:25:31.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:42:16.642Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24748

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-29T09:15:07.200

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:50.427

Link: CVE-2021-24748

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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