CVE-2021-24728: The Membership & Content Restriction – Paid Member Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 2.4.2 did not sanitise, validate or escape its order and orderby parameters before using them in SQL statement,

high Affects paid-member-subscriptions (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2021-09-13; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Membership & Content Restriction – Paid Member Subscriptions WordPress plugin before 2.4.2 did not sanitise, validate or escape its order and orderby parameters before using them in SQL statement,

Package: paid-member-subscriptions (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.4.2
Fixed in: 2.4.2
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (77.3th percentile)
Published: 2021-09-13
Source: nvd

References

CWE-89

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