Check Point Advisories

WordPress Edit Comments Plugin SQL injection (CVE-2021-24551)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2021-0688
Date Published: 26 Sep 2021
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 26 September, 2021
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2021-24551
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress Edit Comments plugin 0.3
Vulnerability Description An SQL injection vulnerability exists in WordPress Edit Comments plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Edit Comments Plugin SQL injection (CVE-2021-24551) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  WordPress Edit Comments Plugin SQL injection (CVE-2021-24551)

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