High severity · published Jun 7, 2021
CVE-2021-24340
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
7.5
CVSS
29.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)29.8% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WS
WP Statistics · Veronalabs
before 13.0.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24340
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24340
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2970cfb-0aa9-4516-9a4b-32971f41a19c
Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/over-600000-sites-impacted-by-wp-statistics-patch/
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