CVE-2021-24762

Q: How do I fix CVE-2021-24762?

Upgrade perfect survey to 1.5.2 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2021-24762 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-24762 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 86.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-24762?

CVE-2021-24762 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2021-24762 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for perfect survey (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the get_question AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection.

CWE-89SQL Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

perfect surveyNVD

Affected:< 1.5.2Fixed in:1.5.2CVE-2021-24762derived from NVD

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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 RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

86.78%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% 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

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-24762?

Upgrade perfect survey to 1.5.2 or later.

Is CVE-2021-24762 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-24762 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 86.8% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-24762?

CVE-2021-24762 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, rated critical. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2021-24762 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for perfect survey (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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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.