SQL injection in WP Statistics - CVE-2021-24340
Published: May 20, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU53400
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-24340
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "ID" and "type" input parameters in "esc_sql" function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and extract sensitive data from the site, such as user emails, password hashes, encryption keys and salts.
Affected software
WP Statistics
How to mitigate CVE-2021-24340
Install updates from vendor's website.
WP Statistics - update to 13.0.8