Security advisory

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  "id": "ee6fe8b6a0ae5e8c40496d1ed6c6a6f5d1337232b6b77d9f0f3c6cdd683ce51c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24340",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-24340",
    "summary": "The WP Statistics WordPress plugin before 13.0.8 relied on using the WordPress esc_sql() function on a field not delimited by quotes and did not first prepare the query. Additionally, the page, which should have been accessible to administrator only, was also available to any visitor, including unauthenticated ones.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-24340",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-24340",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-24340"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wp-statistics/wp-statistics",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5eec022858a125e75bec3b1196b19a6d2bd5f04e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:veronalabs:wp_statistics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "13.0.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "13.0.7",
            "13.0.5",
            "13.0.4",
            "13.0.3",
            "13.0",
            "12.6.13",
            "12.6.12",
            "12.6.11",
            "12.6.10",
            "12.6.9",
            "12.6.8",
            "12.6.7",
            "12.6.6",
            "12.6.5",
            "12.6.4",
            "12.6.3",
            "12.6.2",
            "12.6.1",
            "12.6",
            "12.5.7",
            "12.5.6",
            "12.5.5",
            "12.5.4",
            "12.5.3",
            "12.5.2",
            "12.5.1",
            "12.5",
            "12.4.3",
            "12.4.1",
            "12.4.0",
            "12.3.6.4",
            "12.3.6.2",
            "12.3.6.1",
            "12.3.6",
            "12.3.5",
            "12.3.4",
            "12.3.3",
            "12.3.2",
            "12.3.1",
            "12.3",
            "12.2",
            "12.1.3",
            "12.1.2",
            "12.1.1",
            "12.1.0",
            "12.0.12.1",
            "12.0.12",
            "12.0.11",
            "12.0.10",
            "12.0.9",
            "12.0.8.1",
            "12.0.8",
            "12.0.7",
            "12.0.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-24340.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:15.459569452Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d2970cfb-0aa9-4516-9a4b-32971f41a19c",
        "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/over-600000-sites-impacted-by-wp-statistics-patch/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-24340",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429156,
  "published_at": "2021-06-07T11:15:16.677+00:00"
}