PT-2021-15933 · WordPress · Display Users

Syed Sheeraz Ali · Published 2021-09-20 · Updated 2021-10-18 · CVE-2021-24400

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Display Users WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.0.1

Description The issue concerns the Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin. It has an id parameter that is not properly sanitized, escaped, or validated before being inserted into a SQL statement. This oversight leads to SQL injection.

Recommendations For Display Users WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.0.1, update to version 2.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Edit Role functionality until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24400

Affected Products

Display Users

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/614cf338-c8cf-4570-ae83-4f79cbdcc9d5 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-wp-display-users · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24400 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24400 · Security Note