CVE-2021-24848: Mediamatic < 2.8.1 - 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: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The mediamaticAjaxRenameCategory AJAX action of the Mediamatic WordPress plugin before 2.8.1, available to any authenticated user, does not sanitise the categoryID parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection

Affected products

Plugincraft Mediamatic – Media Library Folders: before 2.8.1 — fixed in 2.8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Plugincraft Mediamatic – Media Library Folders 2.8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/156d4faf-7d34-4d9f-a654-9064d4eb3aea
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/156d4faf-7d34-4d9f-a654-9064d4eb3aea

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