The InfiniteWP Client plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the get_comments action in versions up to, and including, 1.13.9. This is due to insufficient escaping on the array-key names supplied in the JSON request body before use in a SQL statement: IWP_MMB_Comment::get_comments() calls extract() on $args (which silently skips keys that are not valid PHP variable names) but a second foreach($args as $checkbox => $checkbox_val) processes every key, strips the 'iwp_get_comments_' prefix with str_replace(), wraps the remainder in single quotes, and imploded it into an IN(...) clause that is executed via $wpdb->get_results() with no prepare(). Because the request body is read from php://input and JSON-decoded, wp_magic_quotes() never touches the data, so quote characters in keys pass through unaltered. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above (an administrator can register their own public key via add_site using the plugin's WP-admin-generated activation_key and then issue signed get_comments requests), to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
CVE-2026-17576
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-18. A secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5MEDIUMhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 29EG Risk 29/100CISA SSVC
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity65% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. - EPSS PROB
- 0.3%
- EPSS %ILE
- 18th
- KEV
- Not listed
CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.
No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table
Published
September 18, 2026
Last Modified
September 18, 2026
References (7)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iwp-client/tags/1.13.6/addons/comments/comments.class.php#L57
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iwp-client/tags/1.13.6/addons/comments/comments.class.php#L71
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iwp-client/tags/1.13.6/addons/comments/comments.class.php#L80
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iwp-client/tags/1.13.6/init.php#L131
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iwp-client/tags/1.13.6/init.php#L1651
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3655042%40iwp-client&new=3655042%40iwp-client
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05c50442-570b-45cf-816a-c7a5b712ba21?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17576(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)
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- 2026-10-05 03:44 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-09-26 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 15:25 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-18 14:34 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-18 13:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 07:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 06:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 06:59 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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