What is CVE-2021-24848?

CVE-2021-24848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Frenify Mediamatic, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-24848?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24848 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Frenify Mediamatic

CVE-2021-24848

The mediamaticAjaxRenameCategory AJAX action of the Mediamatic WordPress plugin before 2.8.1, available to any authenticated user, does not sanitise the categoryID parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2021-12-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Frenify Mediamatic
Mediamatic – Media Library Folders — versions 2.8.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/156d4faf-7d34-4d9f-a654-9064d4eb3aea (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24848?: CVE-2021-24848 is a high-severity vulnerability in Frenify Mediamatic, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-24848?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24848 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.