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CVE-2021-25030 (GCVE-0-2021-25030)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-03 12:49 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
Events Made Easy < 2.2.36 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection
Summary
The Events Made Easy WordPress plugin before 2.2.36 does not sanitise and escape the search_text parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the eme_searchmail AJAX action, available to any authenticated users. As a result, users with a role as low as subscriber can call it and perform SQL injection attacks
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Events Made Easy Affected: 2.2.36 , < 2.2.36 (custom)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając
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