CVE-2021-24777: Hotscot Contact Form < 1.3 - Admin+ SQL Injection

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The view submission functionality in the Hotscot Contact Form WordPress plugin before 1.3 makes a get request with the sub_id parameter which not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection.

Affected products

Hotscot Contact Form: before 1.3 — fixed in 1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hotscot Contact Form 1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2dfde2ef-1b33-4dc9-aa3e-02d319effb3a
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2dfde2ef-1b33-4dc9-aa3e-02d319effb3a

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