Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2021-42258

BQE BillQuick Web Suite SQL Injection Vulnerability

Published Oct 22, 2021 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · BQE BillQuick Web Suite

Patch now

CVE-2021-42258 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Nov 17, 2021. Confirm BQE BillQuick Web Suite against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
74.43%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe bqe/billquick web suite · vendor BQE BillQuick Web Suite

BQE BillQuick Web Suite 2018 through 2021 before 22.0.9.1 allows SQL injection for unauthenticated remote code execution, as exploited in the wild in October 2021 for ransomware installation. SQL injection can, for example, use the txtID (aka username) parameter. Successful exploitation can include the ability to execute arbitrary code as MSSQLSERVER$ via xp_cmdshell.

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  • cpe bqe/billquick web suiteversion unspecified
  • vendor BQE BillQuick Web Suiteversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-42258

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-42258 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Nov 17, 2021. Confirm BQE BillQuick Web Suite against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-89: SQL Injection. EPSS 74.43%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 22, 2021 · Catalog

    Detected

    BQE BillQuick Web Suite 2018 through 2021 before 22.0.9.1 allows SQL injection for unauthenticated remote code execution, as exploited in the wild in October 2021 for ransomware installation. SQL injection can, for example, use the txtID (aka username) parameter. Successful exploitation can include the ability to execute arbitrary code as MSSQLSERVER$ via xp_cmdshell.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Nov 17, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    BQE BillQuick Web Suite 2018 through 2021 before 22.0.9.1 allows SQL injection for unauthenticated remote code execution, as exploited in the wild in October 2021 for ransomware installation. SQL injection can, for example, use the txtID (aka username) parameter. Successful exploitation can include the ability to execute arbitrary code as MSSQLSERVER$ via xp_cmdshell.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-42258

    BQE BillQuick Web Suite contains an SQL injection vulnerability when accessing the username parameter that may allow for unauthenticated, remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-42258

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-42258

    30-day exploitation probability 74.4%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_gather/billquick_txtid_sqli

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-42258

    BQE BillQuick Web Suite 2018 through 2021 before 22.0.9.1 allows SQL injection for unauthenticated remote code execution, as exploited in the wild in October 2021 for ransomware installation. SQL injection can, for example, use the txtID (aka username) parameter. Successful explo

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-42258

    BQE BillQuick Web Suite contains an SQL injection vulnerability when accessing the username parameter that may allow for unauthenticated, remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.