Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-4301

Medium

Published: 07 January 2023

Published
07 January 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0034 57.1th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-4301 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpwcms Phpwcms. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in slackero phpwcms up to 1.9.26 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument $phpwcms['db_prepend'] leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to…

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version 1.9.27 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 77dafb6a8cc1015f0777daeb5792f43beef77a9d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-217418 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

phpwcms
phpwcms
≤ 1.9.27

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.

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