Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-25114

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 07 February 2022

Published
07 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.7752 99.0th percentile
Risk Priority 66 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-25114 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.0% 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 Paid Memberships Pro WordPress plugin before 2.6.7 does not escape the discount_code in one of its REST route (available to unauthenticated users) before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

strangerstudios
paid memberships pro
2.4 — 2.4.5 · 2.5 — 2.5.11 · 2.6 — 2.6.7

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