WP Inventory Manager <= 2.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'where' Shortcode Attribute
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The WP Inventory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'where' shortcode attribute of the [wpinventory] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.5.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the WPIMItem::get_all() function — parse_custom_where() only performs html_entity_decode(), strips semicolons, and does field-label name replacements, without using $wpdb->prepare() or a whitelist. The resulting string is concatenated into a raw SELECT statement that is executed via $wpdb->get_results(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17607
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2g2-xwwx-rp3m
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f439d60-0295-4ea8-b16d-9cdd0d866a8d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php#L269
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php#L748
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php#L211
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.shortcode.class.php#L72
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/wpinventory.core.php#L448
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3657730%40wp-inventory-manager&new=3657730%40wp-inventory-manager
More chuck1982 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-81720 WP Inventory Manager: Authenticated SQL Injection via sort_order Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-12475 WP Inventory Manager <= 2.3.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-17607 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-17607 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q2g2-xwwx-rp3m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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