CVE-2026-16959

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-89 SQL Injection

Publication date:

21/08/2026

Last modified:

21/08/2026

Description

The Media Library Assistant WordPress plugin before 3.40 does not validate a search parameter before concatenating it into a SQL query in one of its media-library query handlers, allowing users with the Author role to perform SQL injection.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.80

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b13e3d3-42ee-4fe2-bb47-75bd2273f1b0/