# CVE-2021-25030: Events Made Easy < 2.2.36 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection

> Authenticated subscribers can perform SQL injection attacks via the search_text parameter in the Events Made Easy WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7542-2wqc-jc3v

## What is CVE-2021-25030?

CVE-2021-25030 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Events Made Easy, published on 3 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Events Made Easy WordPress plugin before 2.2.36 does not sanitise and escape the search_text parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the eme_searchmail AJAX action, available to any authenticated users. As a result, users with a role as low as subscriber can call it and perform SQL injection attacks

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25030?

It affects 1 product.


Products: E-Dynamics Events Made Easy.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-25030?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25030 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-25030 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Events Made Easy

- [CVE-2022-1905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1905/): Events Made Easy < 2.2.81 - Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-28660](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28660/): SQL injection in Events Made Easy WordPress Plugin (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0404/): Events Made Easy <= 2.3.16 - Missing Authorization (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24813/): Events Made Easy < 2.2.24 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-25030 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-25030 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Events Made Easy, published on 3 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Events Made Easy. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25030/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25030/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25030
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25030
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25030

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25030/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.