Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-43481

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 20 April 2022

Published
20 April 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.0063 70.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-43481 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Webtareas Project Webtareas. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.2% 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

An SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Webtareas 2.4p3 and earlier via the $uq HTTP POST parameter in editapprovalstage.php.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

webtareas project
webtareas
2.4 · ≤ 2.4

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.

addresses: CWE-89

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

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References