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CVE-2021-24550: Broken Link Manager <= 0.6.5 - Authenticated (admin+) SQL Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Broken Link Manager WordPress plugin through 0.6.5 does not sanitise, validate or escape the url GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when retrieving an URL to edit, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue

Affected products

• Broken Link Manager: through 0.6.5

References

• https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-broken-link-manager/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf65448-689c-474d-a566-c9b6797d3e4a
• https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-broken-link-manager/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf65448-689c-474d-a566-c9b6797d3e4a

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