Community Events: SQL injection
Community Events is affected by SQL injection. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.
- Component
- Community Events
- Plugin slug
community-events- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 07, 2026
This CVE was published Mar 07, 2026 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Community Events to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N