CVE-2021-24762 (GCVE-0-2021-24762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-01 12:21 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI Previdian
Title
Perfect Survey < 1.5.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Summary
The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the get_question AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Perfect Survey Affected: 1.5.2 , < 1.5.2 (custom)
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Credits
apple502j
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: e565b832-f0f3-4869-bdfb-741b1078ff3b

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2021-24762

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2025-06-11 02:00 CEST

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-06-11
Asserted: 2025-06-11
Scope
Notes: Perfect Survey < 1.5.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection | Affected: Perfect Survey / Perfect Survey | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.86782 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian

Details
Feed Previdian (previdian.com)
Title Perfect Survey < 1.5.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Cve Id CVE-2021-24762
Vendor Perfect Survey
Ghsa Id None
Product Perfect Survey
Added Date 2025-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.8
Epss Score 0.86782
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.9974
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2021-24762
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST
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