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CVE-2021-24915

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 12.70% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-11-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It affects WordPress. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It involves a SQL injection risk.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2021-24915
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
12.70%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 13.1.0.6 does not have capability checks and does not sanitise or escape the cg-search-user-name-original parameter before using it in a SQL statement when exporting users from a gallery, which could allow unauthenticated to perform SQL injections attacks, as well as get the list of all users registered on the blog, including their username and email address