CVE-2026-2993
Received Received - Intake
SQL Injection in AIWU WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-05-12

Last updated on: 2026-05-12

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The AI Chatbot & Workflow Automation by AIWU plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 1.4.17 due to insufficient escaping on user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the getListForTbl() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. NOTE: This issue is partially mitigated by a patch in version 1.4.11 that adds a nonce check for a nonce that is only available to administrators.
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Published
2026-05-12
Last Modified
2026-05-12
Generated
2026-06-21
AI Q&A
2026-05-12
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-20
NVD
CVE-2026-2993
EUVD
EUVD-2026-29389
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Vendor Product Version / Range
aiwu ai_chatbot_and_workflow_automation to 1.4.17 (inc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-89 The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.
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Executive Summary

The AI Chatbot & Workflow Automation by AIWU plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to and including 1.4.17. This vulnerability arises because the plugin does not properly escape user-supplied parameters and lacks sufficient preparation of SQL queries in the getListForTbl() function.

As a result, unauthenticated attackers can append additional SQL queries to existing ones, potentially extracting sensitive information from the database.

A partial mitigation was introduced in version 1.4.11, which added a nonce check available only to administrators, but the vulnerability remains in later versions up to 1.4.17.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive information from the database by injecting malicious SQL queries.

Since the attack requires no authentication, it poses a significant risk of data exposure, potentially compromising confidential data stored by the plugin.

The CVSS base score of 7.5 indicates a high severity impact on confidentiality, though integrity and availability are not affected.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should update the AI Chatbot & Workflow Automation by AIWU plugin for WordPress to a version later than 1.4.17, as versions up to and including 1.4.17 are vulnerable.

Note that a partial mitigation was introduced in version 1.4.11 by adding a nonce check available only to administrators, but this does not fully resolve the issue.

Therefore, the immediate step is to upgrade the plugin to the latest version where this vulnerability is fixed.

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