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CVE-2021-24865

24
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/2648200
PatchThird Party Advisory
wpscan.com / vulnerability/055a2dcf-77ec-4e54-be7d-9c47f7730d1b
ExploitThird Party Advisory