CVE-2021-24762
Perfect Survey < 1.5.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the get_question AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the get_question AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection.
- Record
CVE-2021-24762- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Perfect Survey < 1.5.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the get_question AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection.
- Record
CVE-2021-24762- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11674 No score
The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the get_question AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11674- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mchv-2c9q-xfg9
The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET...
The Perfect Survey WordPress plugin before 1.5.2 does not validate and escape the question_id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement in the get_question AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection.
- Record
GHSA-mchv-2c9q-xfg9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | WordPress Plugin Perfect Survey - 1.5.1 - SQLi (Unauthenticated) | 2022-02-21 |
| Metasploit | WordPress Plugin Perfect Survey 1.5.1 SQLi (Unauthenticated) | 2021-10-05 |
| Nuclei | WordPress Perfect Survey <1.5.2 - SQL Injection | |
| PoC in GitHub | NT1410/CVE-2021-24762 | 2026-03-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | c4cnm/Exploit_CVE-2021-24762 | 2025-10-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24762 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Getperfectsurvey Perfect Survey, published February 1, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 86.8%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.