Mediamatic < 2.8.1 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection

published 2021-12-13 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11760

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 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

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

frenify mediamatic 2.8.1

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/156d4faf-7d34-4d9f-a654-9064d4eb3aea 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 Mediamatic – Media Library Folders

Classification

Weakness

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

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/156d4faf-7d34-4d9f-a654-9064d4eb3aea
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-24848
NVD CVE-2021-24848

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Summary