Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status < 1.9.7 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection

published 2021-12-21 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11758

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

The get_query() function of the Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status WordPress plugin before 1.9.7, used by the niwoocos_ajax AJAX action, available to all authenticated users, does not properly sanitise the sort parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection, exploitable by any authenticated users, such as subscriber

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

ni_woocommerce_custom_order_status_project ni_woocommerce_custom_order_status 1.9.7

Exploit prediction

1.36% 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/a1e7cd2b-8400-4c5d-8b47-a8ccd1e21675 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 Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status

Classification

Weakness

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

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/a1e7cd2b-8400-4c5d-8b47-a8ccd1e21675
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-24846
NVD CVE-2021-24846

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Summary