CVE-2024-5765: The WpStickyBar WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a

critical Affects wpstickybar (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The WpStickyBar WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a

Package
wpstickybar (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=2.1.0
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 27% (98.0th percentile)
Published
2024-07-30
Source
nvd

References

CWE-89
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