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CVE-2021-43481

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

An SQL Injection vulnerability exists in Webtareas 2.4p3 and earlier via the $uq HTTP POST parameter in editapprovalstage.php.

Affected products

• luiswang WebTareas: before 2.4; 2.4, 2.4-p3 — fixed in 2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: luiswang WebTareas 2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167026/WebTareas-2.4-SQL-Injection.html
• https://behradtaher.dev/2021/11/05/Discovering-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-Whitebox-Approach/
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/webtareas/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167026/WebTareas-2.4-SQL-Injection.html
• https://behradtaher.dev/2021/11/05/Discovering-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-Whitebox-Approach/
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/webtareas/

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