CVE-2021-24554Paytm - Donation Plugin <= 1.3.2 - Authenticated (admin+) SQL Injection
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 6.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Paytm – Donation Plugin WordPress plugin through 1.3.2 does not sanitise, validate or escape the id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when deleting donations, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
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Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress Paytm Donation <=1.3.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24554.yamlSeverity high
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
Unknown · Paytm – Donation Plugin
- affected 1.3.2 – ≤ 1.3.2
References
References2
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f2842ac8-76fa-4490-aa0c-5f2b07ecf2ad (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-wp-paytm-pay/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-11466 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-24554)Record last updated .