Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker <= 8.2.6 - SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24506
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published July 26, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher apple502j
Description

The Slider Hero with Animation, Video Background & Intro Maker WordPress plugin before 8.2.7 does not sanitise or escape the id attribute of its hero-button shortcode before using it in a SQL statement, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform SQL injection.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug slider-hero (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 8.2.7
Patched Version
  • 8.2.7
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