Critical severity · published Feb 7, 2021
CVE-2021-26754
wpDataTables before 3.4.1 mishandles order direction for server-side tables, aka admin-ajax.php?action=get_wdtable order[0][dir] SQL injection
9.8
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
wpDataTables before 3.4.1 mishandles order direction for server-side tables, aka admin-ajax.php?action=get_wdtable order[0][dir] SQL injection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
Wpdatatables · Wpdatatables
before 3.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26754
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-26754
Exploit
https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wpdatatables-i/
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdatatables/#developers
Release Notes
https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/
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