CVE-2021-24827: The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 1.15.13 does not validate and escape user input when subscribing to a topic before using it in a SQL statement…

PriorityP182critical9.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV

Exploited in the wild

EPSS

13.29%

95.9th percentile

The Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin before 1.15.13 does not validate and escape user input when subscribing to a topic before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection issue

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
asgaros	asgaros_forum	< 1.15.13	1.15.13

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

otherasgarosforum

→Fingerprint target by checking HTTP 200 response with content-type text/html and body containing 'asgarosforum' string — used to identify vulnerable Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin instances
→Vulnerability is unauthenticated SQL injection via unsanitized user input in the topic subscription feature — no authentication required to exploit ↗

·Vulnerability affects Asgaros Forum WordPress plugin versions before 1.15.13 only ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vulncheck9.8CRITICAL

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