CVE-2021-24580: Side Menu Lite < 2.2.6 - Authenticated SQL Injection

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Side Menu Lite WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not sanitise user input from the List page in the admin dashboard before using it in SQL statement, leading to a SQL Injection issue

Affected products

Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons: before 2.2.6 — fixed in 2.2.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons 2.2.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2faccd1b-4b1c-4b3e-b917-de2d05e860f8
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2faccd1b-4b1c-4b3e-b917-de2d05e860f8

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