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critical 9.8

CVE-2021-43481 json

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

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-30412

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • webtareas_project webtareas 2.4

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50893)

Exploit prediction

5.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50893 WebTareas 2.4 - Blind SQLi (Authenticated) webapps, 2022-05-11
  • behradtaher.dev https://behradtaher.dev/2021/11/05/Discovering-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-Whitebox-Approach/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167026/WebTareas-2.4-SQL-Injection.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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