CVE-2021-24340: veronalabs wp_statistics SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-24340 is a high (CVSS 7.5) SQL Injection vulnerability in veronalabs wp_statistics. EPSS estimates a 29.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 07-06-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.