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WordPress Plugin: side-menu-lite: CVE-2021-24580: 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 27, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

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.

Solution

side-menu-lite-plugin-cve-2021-24580
Title
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