Description

WordPress Plugin Video Embed is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. WordPress Plugin Video Embed version 1.0 is vulnerable.

Remediation

Disable and remove the plugin until a fix is available

References

https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-video-embed-box/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-embed-box/#description

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24337 CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update SQL Injection