Perfect Survey <= 1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2021-24762
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	October 5, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	apple502j

Description

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.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	perfect-survey (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.5.2
Patched Version	1.5.2

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