CVE-2021-24551 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Edit Comments WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to 0.3. This flaw stems from a lack of sanitization, validation, or escaping of the 'jal_edit_comments' GET parameter, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its critical severity warrants immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:edit_comments_project:edit_comments:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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