CVE-2021-24865 is a SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the Advanced Custom Fields: Extended WordPress plugin prior to version 0.8.8.7. This flaw arises from insufficient validation of the 'order' and 'orderby' parameters, allowing an attacker to manipulate SQL queries. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling a high-privileged attacker to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.8.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:acf-extended:advanced_custom_fields\:extended:*:*:*:*:basic:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 0.8.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:acf-extended:advanced_custom_fields\:extended:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.