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GHSA-85FF-HFW5-G96G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-16 18:31 – Updated: 2025-06-20 21:31

Details

The WP Editor WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 did not sanitise or validate its setting fields leading to an authenticated (admin+) blind SQL injection issue via an arbitrary parameter when making a request to save the settings.

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2021-24151 (GCVE-0-2021-24151)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-16 15:48 – Updated: 2025-06-20 16:54

Title

WP Editor < 1.2.7 - Authenticated SQL injection

Summary

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-89 SQL Injection

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

Tags

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ee77dd7-5a73-4d…

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Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	WP Editor	Affected: 0 , < 1.2.7 (semver)

Credits

Nguyen Van Khanh - SunCSR (Sun* Cyber Security Research) WPScan

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-85FF-HFW5-G96G

CVE-2021-24151 (GCVE-0-2021-24151)

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