Is CVE-2021-24791 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24791 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24791?

CVE-2021-24791 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24791?

CVE-2021-24791 has an EPSS score of 5.12% (91th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24791?

Upgrade header footer code manager to 1.1.14 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24791

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Header Footer Code Manager WordPress plugin before 1.1.14 does not validate and escape the "orderby" and "order" request parameters before using them in a SQL statement when viewing the Snippets admin dashboard, leading to SQL injections

CWE-89SQL Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

header footer code managerNVD

Affected:< 1.1.14Fixed in:1.1.14CVE-2021-24791derived 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

5.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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.