CVE-2021-24340 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2021-24340

WP Statistics < 13.0.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

7.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The WP Statistics WordPress plugin before 13.0.8 relied on using the WordPress esc_sql() function on a field not delimited by quotes and did not first prepare the query. Additionally, the page, which should have been accessible to administrator only, was also available to any visitor, including unauthenticated ones.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Ram Gall (Wordfence)

References

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Affected Vendor

VeronaLabs

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Affected Software

WP Statistics

Vulnerable Versions:

13.0.8

Timeline

Official Publish: June 7th, 2021

Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1213.006 Databases

T1485 Data Destruction