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CVE-2021-24337
Video Embed <= 1.0 - Authenticated (subscriber+) SQL Injection
High8.8EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The id GET parameter of one of the Video Embed WordPress plugin through 1.0's page (available via forced browsing) is not sanitised, validated or escaped before being used in a SQL statement, allowing low privilege users, such as subscribers, to perform SQL injection.
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 1.0 – ≤ 1.0
References (2)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8fd8dd4-5b5e-462e-8dae-065d5e2d003a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-video-embed-box/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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