What is CVE-2021-24919?

CVE-2021-24919 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wickedplugins Wicked Folders, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-24919?

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

Is CVE-2021-24919 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Wickedplugins Wicked Folders

CVE-2021-24919

The Wicked Folders WordPress plugin before 2.8.10 does not sanitise and escape the folder_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the wicked_folders_save_sort_order AJAX action, available to any authenticated user. leading to an SQL injection

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2022-02-01 · 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: 0.015 (73.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wickedplugins Wicked Folders

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/f472ec7d-765c-4266-ab9c-e2d06703ebb4 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2651221 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24919?: CVE-2021-24919 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wickedplugins Wicked Folders, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-24919?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24919 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.