Event Tickets and Registration <= 5.29.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'orderby' Parameter
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 Event Tickets and Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.29.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. 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. A Contributor-level user can reach the vulnerable code path by supplying a post_id they authored, as the can_access_page() gate requires only post authorship rather than the edit_others_posts capability for post owners.
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-2026-97634
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x29g-g58h-7f9w
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ddf2625a-3fb4-40c3-80e3-2f03fbff6bfd?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-tickets/tags/5.29.5/src/Tickets/Commerce/Repositories/Order_Repository.php#L603
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-tickets/tags/5.29.5/common/src/Tribe/Repository/Query_Filters.php#L992
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-tickets/tags/5.29.5/src/Tickets/Commerce/Repositories/Order_Repository.php#L696
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-tickets/tags/5.29.5/src/Tickets/Commerce/Repositories/Order_Repository.php#L822
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-tickets/tags/5.29.5/src/Tickets/Commerce/Admin_Tables/Orders.php#L157
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-tickets/tags/5.29.5/src/Tickets/Commerce/Reports/Orders.php#L253
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3711578%40event-tickets&new=3711578%40event-tickets
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Sources
- CVE-2026-97634 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-97634 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x29g-g58h-7f9w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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