Community Events <= 1.5.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'ce_venue_name' CSV Field

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2026-2429
CVSS Medium (4.9)
Publicly Published March 6, 2026
Last Updated March 6, 2026
Researcher Bee
Description

The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'ce_venue_name' CSV field in the `on_save_changes_venues` function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.8. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied CSV data and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database via a crafted CSV file upload.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug community-events (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.8
Patched Version
  • 1.5.9
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