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WordPress Plugin: event-espresso-free: CVE-2017-1002026: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 4, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026

Description

Vulnerability in wordpress plugin Event Expresso Free v3.1.37.11.L, The function edit_event_category does not sanitize user-supplied input via the $id parameter before passing it into an SQL statement.

Solution

event-espresso-free-plugin-cve-2017-1002026
Title
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