Side Menu Lite < 2.2.6 - Authenticated SQL Injection

published 2021-08-30 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11492

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

wow-estore side_menu 2.2.6

Exploit prediction

1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2faccd1b-4b1c-4b3e-b917-de2d05e860f8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Unknown Side Menu Lite - add sticky fixed buttons

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

wpscan.com /vulnerability/2faccd1b-4b1c-4b3e-b917-de2d05e860f8
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-24580
NVD CVE-2021-24580

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Summary