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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2021-24786 in the critical feed json

Download Monitor < 4.4.5 - Admin+ SQL Injection

published 2022-01-03 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11698

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.3%
EPSS 17.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.4.5 does not properly validate and escape the "orderby" GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when viewing the logs, leading to an SQL Injection issue

Patch / fix

  • wpchill download_monitor 4.4.5

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50695)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

17.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50695 Wordpress Plugin Download Monitor WordPress V 4.4.4 - SQL Injection (Authenticated) webapps, 2022-02-02
  • Nuclei template Download Monitor < 4.4.5 - SQL Injection nuclei detection template
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6571f16-66d2-449e-af83-1c6ddd56edfa referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 Download Monitor

Classification

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

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.