Email Log < 2.4.7 - Admin+ SQL Injection

published 2021-11-17 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11670

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Email Log WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not properly validate, sanitise and escape the "orderby" and "order" GET parameters before using them in SQL statement in the admin dashboard, leading to SQL injections

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

email_log_project email_log 2.4.7

Exploit prediction

1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8dd70db4-5845-440d-8b1d-012738abaac2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Unknown Email Log

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/8dd70db4-5845-440d-8b1d-012738abaac2
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-24758
NVD CVE-2021-24758

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Summary