WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 1.0.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability
Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-89Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in tainacan Tainacan tainacan allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through <= 1.0.3.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00245 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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-2026-42740
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9h9p-24mg-7v88
References
More tainacan vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-20253 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.20.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-30009 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.14 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-05467 Tainacan <= 1.0.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'geoquery' REST API Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-32242 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2024-06604 Tainacan <= 0.21.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-01340 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.20.6 - Sensitive Data Exposure via Log File vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-42740 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42740 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9h9p-24mg-7v88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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