What is CVE-2021-24442?

CVE-2021-24442 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wpdevart Poll, Survey, Questionnaire And Voting System, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2021-24442?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24442 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Wpdevart Poll, Survey, Questionnaire And Voting System

CVE-2021-24442

The Poll, Survey, Questionnaire and Voting system WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 did not sanitise, escape or validate the date_answers[] POST parameter before using it in a SQL statement when sending a Poll result, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL Injection attacks

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.469 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wpdevart Poll, Survey, Questionnaire And Voting System — versions 1.5.3
Wpdevart Poll\,_survey\,_questionnaire_and_voting_system

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24442?: CVE-2021-24442 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wpdevart Poll, Survey, Questionnaire And Voting System, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2021-24442?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24442 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.