Podlove Podcast Publisher
CVE-2021-24666
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The Podlove Podcast Publisher WordPress plugin before 3.5.6 contains a 'Social & Donations' module (not activated by default), which adds the rest route '/services/contributor/(?P<id>[\d]+), takes an. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. The Podlove Podcast Publisher WordPress plugin before 3.5.6 contains a 'Social & Donations' module (not activated by default), which adds the rest route '/services/contributor/(?P<id>[\d]+), takes an 'id' and 'category' parameters as arguments. Both parameters can be used for the SQLi. Affected products include: Podlove Podlove Podcast Publisher. Version information: before 3.5.6.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The Podlove Podcast Publisher WordPress plugin before 3.5.6 contains a 'Social & Donations' module (not activated by default), which adds the rest route '/services/contributor/(?P<id>[\d]+), takes an 'id' and 'category' parameters as arguments. Both parameters can be used for the SQLi.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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