CVE-2021-24465: Meow Gallery < 4.1.9 - Contributor+ SQL Injection

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-10-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Meow Gallery WordPress plugin before 4.1.9 does not sanitise, validate or escape the ids attribute of its gallery shortcode (available for users as low as Contributor) before using it in an SQL statement, leading to an authenticated SQL Injection issue. The injection also allows the returned values to be manipulated in a way that could lead to data disclosure and arbitrary objects to be deserialized.

Affected products

tigroumeow Meow Gallery: before 4.1.9 — fixed in 4.1.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tigroumeow Meow Gallery 4.1.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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