Vulnerabilites related to ghazale - Custom Searchable Data Entry System
CVE-2020-36852 (GCVE-0-2020-36852)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-01 06:42
Modified
2025-10-01 13:17
Severity ?
CWE
Summary
The Custom Searchable Data Entry System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated database wiping in versions up to, and including 1.7.1, due to a missing capability check and lack of sufficient validation on the ghazale_sds_delete_entries_table_row() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to completely wipe database tables such as wp_users.
Impacted products
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