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CVE-2021-24629: Post Content XMLRPC <= 1.0 - Admin+ SQL Injections

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Post Content XMLRPC WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not sanitise or escape multiple GET/POST parameters before using them in SQL statements in the admin dashboard, leading to an authenticated SQL Injections

Affected products

• Post Content XMLRPC: through 1.0

References

• https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-post-content-xmlrpc/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb42980c-93e5-42d5-a478-c2b348eaea67
• https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-post-content-xmlrpc/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb42980c-93e5-42d5-a478-c2b348eaea67

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