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CVE-2022-0836: The SEMA API WordPress plugin before 4.02 does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via an AJAX action, leading to SQL Injections exploitable by unauthe

critical Affects sema-api (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The SEMA API WordPress plugin before 4.02 does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via an AJAX action, leading to SQL Injections exploitable by unauthe

Package
sema-api (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.02
Fixed in
4.02
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (78.2th percentile)
Published
2022-05-09
Source
nvd

References

CWE-89
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