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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVE-2021-24341

Severity High
Score 8.8/10

Summary

When deleting a date in the Xllentech English Islamic Calendar WordPress plugin before 2.6.8, the year_number and month_number POST parameters are not sanitised, escaped or validated before being used in a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-89 - SQL Injection

Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks are one of the most common types of vulnerabilities. They exploit weaknesses in vulnerable applications to gain unauthorized access to backend databases. This often occurs when an attacker enters unexpected SQL syntax in an input field. The resulting SQL statement behaves in the background in an unintended manner, which allows the possibility of unauthorized data retrieval, data modification, execution of database administration operations, and execution of commands on the operating system.

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  • Published