CVE-2021-24140
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.21% (68th) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Unvalidated input in the Ajax Load More WordPress plugin, versions before 5.3.2, lead to SQL Injection in POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with param repeater=' or sleep(5)#&type=test.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.2
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2
v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24140cnnvd
- https://wordpress.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1876312e-3dba-4909-97a5-afbb76fbc056cnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1876312e-3dba-4909-97a5-afbb76fbc056enisa_euvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1876312e-3dba-4909-97a5-afbb76fbc056Third Party Advisorynvd
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