Is CVE-2021-24506 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24506 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24506?

CVE-2021-24506 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24506?

CVE-2021-24506 has an EPSS score of 1.36% (68th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24506?

Upgrade slider hero to 8.2.7 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24506

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker WordPress plugin before 8.2.7 does not sanitise or escape the id attribute of its hero-button shortcode before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform SQL injection.

CWE-89SQL Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

slider heroNVD

Affected:< 8.2.7Fixed in:8.2.7CVE-2021-24506derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-3704	High	7.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-7297	High	7.5	100%	-	-
CVE-2024-29824	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-34362	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-7481	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-29826	High	8.8	100%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.