WP Data Access <= 4.3.1 - Admin+ SQL Injection

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

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

CVE	CVE-2021-24866
CVSS	High (7.2)
Publicly Published	November 8, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	ZhongFu Su

Description

The WP Data Access WordPress plugin before 5.0.0 does not properly sanitise and escape the backup_date parameter before using it a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection issue and could allow arbitrary table deletion

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wp-data-access (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 4.3.1
Patched Version	5.0.0

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