CVE-2021-24877

MainWP Child < 4.1.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: November 23, 2021 at 07:16 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMainWP Child

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The MainWP Child WordPress plugin before 4.1.8 does not validate the orderby and order parameter before using them in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin when the Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin is installed

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

MainWP Child· Mainwpwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 4.1.8
Affected range stops below 4.1.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-89

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