CVE-2021-24457: Portfolio Responsive Gallery < 1.1.8 - Authenticated Blind SQL Injections

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-08-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The get_portfolios() and get_portfolio_attributes() functions in the class-portfolio-responsive-gallery-list-table.php and class-portfolio-responsive-gallery-attributes-list-table.php files of the Portfolio Responsive Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.1.8 did not use whitelist or validate the orderby parameter before using it in SQL statements passed to the get_results() DB calls, leading to SQL injection issues in the admin dashboard

Affected products

Ays Pro Portfolio Responsive Gallery: before 1.1.8 — fixed in 1.1.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ays Pro Portfolio Responsive Gallery 1.1.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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