CVE-2021-24915 (GCVE-0-2021-24915)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-29 08:25 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI Previdian
Title
Contest Gallery < 13.1.0.6 - Missing Access Controls to Unauthenticated SQL injection / Email Address Disclosure
Summary
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 13.1.0.6 does not have capability checks and does not sanitise or escape the cg-search-user-name-original parameter before using it in a SQL statement when exporting users from a gallery, which could allow unauthenticated to perform SQL injections attacks, as well as get the list of all users registered on the blog, including their username and email address
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Tyler Miller
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 6b916329-6ab7-4537-8ca8-4e76458b25ac

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2021-24915

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2026-03-14 01:00 CET

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2026-03-14
Asserted: 2026-03-14
Scope
Notes: Contest Gallery < 13.1.0.6 - Missing Access Controls to Unauthenticated SQL injection / Email Address Disclosure | Affected: Contest Gallery / Contest Gallery | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.12004 | 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 Contest Gallery < 13.1.0.6 - Missing Access Controls to Unauthenticated SQL injection / Email Address Disclosure
Cve Id CVE-2021-24915
Vendor Contest Gallery
Ghsa Id None
Product Contest Gallery
Added Date 2026-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 9.8
Epss Score 0.12004
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity CRITICAL
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.96011
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2021-24915
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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