CVE-2020-36852 (GCVE-0-2020-36852)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-10-01 06:42
Modified
2025-10-01 13:17
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/active-attack-on-zero-day-in-custom-searchable-data-entry-system-plugin/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/245d89e5-52cc-44b1-a858-0ca0aacb4e26?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ghazale Custom Searchable Data Entry System Version: *   ≤ 1.7.1
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