CVE-2021-24143

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-24143 · Published 18/03/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24143 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting accesspress social icons (accesspressthemes).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 69.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.8.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
accesspress social icons accesspressthemes	`< 1.8.1`	`1.8.1`

Description

Unvalidated input in the AccessPress Social Icons plugin, versions before 1.8.1, did not sanitise its widget attribute, allowing accounts with post permission, such as author, to perform SQL injections.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/02c5e10c-1ac7-447e-8ae5-b6d251be750b · Third Party Advisory

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