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The SEO Booster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.1 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 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. Although esc_sql() and sanitize_text_field() are applied, neither neutralizes SQL keywords, commas, parentheses, or subquery syntax in an unquoted ORDER BY context, leaving the clause fully attacker-controlled.
CVSS Score
4.9
MEDIUM
Published
16 Jul 2026 05:16
Modified
16 Jul 2026 13:38
Vendor
All
Source
CIRCL
CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-89
References
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/browser/seo-booster/trunk/inc/SB_GSC_List_Table.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/browser/seo-booster/trunk/inc/SB_GSC_List_Table.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/browser/seo-booster/trunk/seo-booster-gsc.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
/changeset
www.wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59f622ee-eccf-4b5b-8fa0-93a4405eb1e9