Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 1, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2020-36852

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

WordPress/Custom Searchable Data Entry Systeminferred
Range: <=1.7.1
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-searchable-data-entry-system

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/active-attack-on-zero-day-in-custom-searchable-data-entry-system-plugin/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/245d89e5-52cc-44b1-a858-0ca0aacb4e26nvd

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