The WP Inventory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via 'sortorder' Shortcode Attribute in all versions…
CVE-2026-76005
The WP Inventory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via 'sortorder' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This can be exploited by a Contributor via the [wpinventorycategories] shortcode embedded in a draft post rendered through preview, without requiring the post to be published.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 28 October 2026
- Last updated
- 29 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Assigner
- security@wordfence.com
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
At the source
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.5.0/includes/wpinventory.category.class.php#L78
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.5.0/includes/wpinventory.shortcodes.class.php#L107
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.5.0/includes/wpinventory.shortcodes.class.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.5.1/includes/wpinventory.category.class.php#L78
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.5.1/includes/wpinventory.shortcodes.class.php#L107
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.5.1/includes/wpinventory.shortcodes.class.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3712512%40wp-inventory-manager&new=3712512%40wp-inventory-manager
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0682bf7-0b5a-402f-9ae0-34e2f0f65bcf?source=cve
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