CVE-2021-24915

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

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/tpmiller87/6c05596fe27dd6f69f1aaba4cbb9c917	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/45ee86a7-1497-4c81-98b8-9a8e5b3d4fac	Exploit Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:contest_gallery:contest_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Information

Published : 2021-11-29 01:15

Updated : 2021-12-15 09:23

NVD link : CVE-2021-24915

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24915

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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Products Affected

contest_gallery

contest_gallery

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