PT-2021-15897 · WordPress · Location Manager

Rafal Goryl · Published 2021-06-21 · Updated 2021-06-24 · CVE-2021-24361

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Location Manager WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.1.0.10

Description The issue arises from the AJAX action gd popular location list not properly sanitizing or validating some of its POST parameters, which are then used in a SQL statement. This leads to unauthenticated SQL Injection issues.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.1.0.10, update to version 2.1.0.10 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the gd popular location list AJAX action to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24361

Affected Products

Location Manager

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5aff50fc-ac96-4076-a07c-bb145ae37025 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24361 · Security Note
• https://wpgeodirectory.com/downloads/location-manager · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24361 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/16615 · Telegram Post