CVE-2026-7472
Time-Based Blind SQL Injection in Read More & Accordion WordPress Plugin
Publication date: 2026-05-20
Last updated on: 2026-05-20
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wp_read_more_accordion | read_more_accordion | to 3.5.7 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| 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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress has a time-based blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to 3.5.7. This happens because the plugin uses esc_sql() without quoting the value in an ORDER BY clause inside certain functions. The user input from $_GET['orderby'] is only HTML-escaped before being passed to the database functions, where it is escaped but concatenated unquoted into the SQL query. Since esc_sql() only escapes quotes and backslashes, which do not affect unquoted ORDER BY clauses, an attacker can inject SQL expressions like (SELECT SLEEP(5)) to perform time-based blind data extraction.
This vulnerability allows authenticated users with administrator-level access or roles permitted to access the plugin's admin pages to extract sensitive data from the database, including administrator credential hashes.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow an attacker with sufficient privileges (administrator or roles allowed access to the plugin's admin pages) to perform time-based blind SQL injection attacks. Through this, they can extract sensitive information from the database, such as administrator credential hashes.
The impact includes potential unauthorized access to sensitive data, which could lead to further compromise of the WordPress site or its users.
How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with sufficient privileges to extract sensitive data from the database, including administrator credential hashes. This exposure of sensitive data could potentially lead to non-compliance with data protection regulations such as GDPR and HIPAA, which require the protection of personal and sensitive information.
However, the provided context does not explicitly discuss the impact on compliance with these standards or regulations.