High severity · published Dec 1, 2021
CVE-2020-35012
The Events Manager WordPress plugin before 5.9.8 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL Injection
7.2
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Events Manager · Pixelite
before 5.9.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35012
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2336019/events-manager
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/323140b1-66c4-4e7d-85a4-1c922e40866f
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