Is CVE-2021-24521 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24521 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24521?

CVE-2021-24521 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24521?

CVE-2021-24521 has an EPSS score of 1.59% (73th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24521?

Upgrade side menu to 2.2.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24521

HIGHEPSS 73th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not properly sanitize input values from the browser when building an SQL statement. Users with the administrator role or permission to manage this plugin could perform an SQL Injection attack.

CWE-89SQL Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

side menuNVD

Affected:< 2.2.1Fixed in:2.2.1CVE-2021-24521derived 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 RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

73rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 73% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-89 (SQL Injection) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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.