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CVE-2020-36852: Custom Searchable Data Entry System <= 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Database Wiping

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

• ghazale Custom Searchable Data Entry System: through 1.7.1

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/active-attack-on-zero-day-in-custom-searchable-data-entry-system-plugin/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/245d89e5-52cc-44b1-a858-0ca0aacb4e26?source=cve

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