GHSA-w4cg-h4j3-3gf6MediumCVSS 4.9
The Askeet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'sql_query' parameter in...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
The Askeet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'sql_query' parameter in multiple AJAX actions (askeet_execute_sql_query, askeet_export_all_results) in all versions up to, and including, 3.0. This is due to the askeet_is_safe_query() filter being bypassable using MySQL conditional comments (e.g., /!UNION/). The filter strips regular block comments before checking for forbidden SQL keywords, but MySQL interprets conditional comments as executable code. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
🔗 References (8)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5651
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/tags/2.5/askeet.php#L563
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/tags/2.5/askeet.php#L767
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/trunk/askeet.php#L767
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3525593%40askeet%2Ftrunk&old=3521172%40askeet%2Ftrunk
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/askeet
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b95af878-f324-44ae-a4bf-0c1e994bb3c1?source=cve
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4cg-h4j3-3gf6