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WordPress Plugin: hotscot-contact-form: CVE-2021-24777: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

May 13, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The view submission functionality in the Hotscot Contact Form WordPress plugin before 1.3 makes a get request with the sub_id parameter which not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection.

Solution

hotscot-contact-form-plugin-cve-2021-24777

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24777
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad85b322-204a-4d74-8dde-38571fb68dd0?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11689
CVE-2021-24777
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24777
CWE-89
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11689

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