The Rest Routes WordPress plugin through 5.5.5 does not sanitize and validate a value taken from the URL of one of its public REST routes before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.
History

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 30 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-89
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Sat, 29 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Rest Routes WordPress plugin through 5.5.5 does not sanitize and validate a value taken from the URL of one of its public REST routes before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.
Title Rest Routes <= 5.5.5 - Unauthenticated SQLi via custom-tables/tables/{table_name}
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-29T06:00:18.773Z

Updated: 2026-08-30T00:56:53.798Z

Reserved: 2026-07-17T12:28:00.240Z

Link: CVE-2026-16061

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-30T00:50:08.642Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-29T06:17:00.247

Modified: 2026-08-31T20:14:36.250

Link: CVE-2026-16061

cve-icon Redhat

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