SQL injection in JoomSport plugin via pgroup 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 JoomSport plugin for WordPress through 5.7.14 contains an SQL injection flaw (CWE-89). Insufficient escaping of the pgroup parameter in the jsMatchPlayerList shortcode and a query that lacks proper preparation let an authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access or above append SQL queries to existing ones. The attacker can use this to extract sensitive information from the database.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
The JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'pgroup' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.14 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 trigger the vulnerable code path by authoring a post containing the [jsMatchPlayerList] shortcode with a malicious pgroup value and previewing it, as WordPress allows shortcode execution during post preview for the post's author.
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
The sources list no fixed version for JoomSport (for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118698
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-gf37-757h-m7hx
- 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f2fb3a6-87dc-4c42-b79a-fcc960f8d5f5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/joomsport-sports-league-results-management/tags/5.7.14/sportleague/classes/objects/class-jsport-team.php#L423
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/joomsport-sports-league-results-management/tags/5.7.14/includes/joomsport-shortcodes.php#L487
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/joomsport-sports-league-results-management/tags/5.7.14/includes/joomsport-shortcodes.php#L582
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3772667
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3772667/joomsport-sports-league-results-management/trunk/sportleague/classes/objects/class-jsport-team.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-118698 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-118698 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gf37-757h-m7hx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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