vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: mediamatic: CVE-2021-24848: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 15, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The mediamaticAjaxRenameCategory AJAX action of the Mediamatic WordPress plugin before 2.8.1, available to any authenticated user, does not sanitise the categoryID parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection

Solution

mediamatic-plugin-cve-2021-24848
Title
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