CVE-2026-15281
What it is
The User Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Second-Order SQL Injection via the 'id' parameter of the wp_ajax_save-attachment-compat AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.3.12. This is due to insufficient validation on the objectId value stored in the saveAjaxAttachmentData() function and subsequent unparameterized concatenation in the addQueryExcludedPostFilter() function — the stored value is later retrieved from the database and used as an array key, then directly imploded into a SQL NOT IN() clause without integer casting or prepared statements. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.5% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.5 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.5% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-89 · SQL injection
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Is it in your code?
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.12/src/Controller/Backend/PostObjectController.php#L103
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.12/src/Controller/Frontend/PostController.php#L275
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.12/src/UserGroup/AbstractUserGroup.php#L147
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-access-manager/tags/2.3.12/src/UserGroup/AbstractUserGroup.php#L253
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3607011%40user-access-manager%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FController%2FFrontend%2FPostController.php&old=3447009%40user-access-manager%2Ftrunk%2Fsrc%2FController%2FFrontend%2FPostController.php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ebfc52b-278c-49d5-9226-d28a59335d46?source=cve