Vulnerability CVE-2021-24393
Published: 2021-09-06

Description:
A c GET parameter of the Comment Highlighter WordPress plugin through 0.13 is not properly sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.

Type:

CWE-89

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

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.5/10
6.4/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Comment highlighter project -> Comment highlighter 

 References:
https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-comment-highlighter/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/24969766-19e3-47cd-b32c-6c3330651d1f
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