CVE-2021-24400
Display users <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated SQL Injection
The Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 had an id parameter which is not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 had an id parameter which is not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
- Record
CVE-2021-24400- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Display users <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated SQL Injection
The Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 had an id parameter which is not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
- Record
CVE-2021-24400- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11312No score
The Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 had an id parameter which is not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11312- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7rh8-6x72-2pcxNo score
The Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 had an `id`...
The Edit Role functionality in the Display Users WordPress plugin through 2.0.0 had an id parameter which is not sanitised, escaped or validated before inserting to a SQL statement, leading to SQL injection.
- Record
GHSA-7rh8-6x72-2pcx- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24400 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Unknown Display Users, published September 20, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.