CVE-2021-24846: Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status < 1.9.7 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection

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: 2021-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The get_query() function of the Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status WordPress plugin before 1.9.7, used by the niwoocos_ajax AJAX action, available to all authenticated users, does not properly sanitise the sort parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection, exploitable by any authenticated users, such as subscriber

Affected products

Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status: before 1.9.7 — fixed in 1.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ni WooCommerce Custom Order Status 1.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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