CVE-2026-5651
Description
The Askeet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'sql_query' parameter in multiple AJAX actions (askeet_execute_sql_query, askeet_export_all_results) in all versions up to, and including, 3.0. This is due to the askeet_is_safe_query() filter being bypassable using MySQL conditional comments (e.g., /*!UNION*/). The filter strips regular block comments before checking for forbidden SQL keywords, but MySQL interprets conditional comments as executable code. 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/tags/2.5/askeet.php#L563
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/tags/2.5/askeet.php#L767
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/trunk/askeet.php#L767
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3525593%40askeet%2Ftrunk&old=3521172%40askeet%2Ftrunk
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/askeet/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b95af878-f324-44ae-a4bf-0c1e994bb3c1?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-89
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.