THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-24791
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-24791

Header Footer Code Manager vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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
Affected vendor
Draftpress
Affected product
Header Footer Code Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2021-11-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-24791

  • Confirm whether Draftpress Header Footer Code Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-24791.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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