CVE-2020-10817 — The custom-searchable-data-entry-system (aka Custom Searchable Data Entry System) plugin through 1.7.1 for WordPress allows SQL Injection

Matched remediation archetype

SQL and data-query injection

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Check exposure

• Trace request, message, file, and stored values into SQL, ORM query fragments, filters, sort expressions, and other data-query languages.
• Inventory database roles, reachable schemas, multi-tenant boundaries, and whether stacked or administrative operations are enabled.
• Check both direct queries and second-order use of previously stored values.

Remediate safely

• Use parameterized queries or safe query builders for all values; map identifiers and operators through explicit allowlists.
• Remove raw query concatenation and give the application account only the tables and operations it requires.
• Update affected data-access components and add regression tests for query structure preservation with inert edge-case inputs.