Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-24758

HighPublic PoC

Published: 17 November 2021

Published
17 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0050 66.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-24758 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Email Log Project Email Log. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 33.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not properly validate, sanitise and escape the "orderby" and "order" GET parameters before using them in SQL statement in the admin dashboard, leading to SQL injections

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

email log project
email log
≤ 2.4.7

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References