Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-2024

High

Published: 14 February 2026

Published
14 February 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0004 12.4th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-2024 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 12.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-2024, published on 2026-02-14, is an SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in the PhotoStack Gallery plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 0.4.1. The flaw occurs via the 'postid' parameter due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied input and lack of adequate preparation in the existing SQL query. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high confidentiality impact.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required. By appending additional SQL queries to existing ones, they can extract sensitive information from the database.

References point to vulnerable code in photo_gallery.php at lines 108, 113, and 142 of the plugin source, along with a Wordfence threat intelligence advisory for further details.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The PhotoStack Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'postid' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing…

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SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of a web application for unauthorized database access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Wordpress
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Directly requires remediation of the SQL injection flaw via patching the vulnerable PhotoStack Gallery plugin code at lines 108, 113, and 142.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation and sanitization of the user-supplied 'postid' parameter to prevent appending malicious SQL queries.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
detect

Facilitates identification of the CVE-2026-2024 vulnerability in the plugin through regular scanning, enabling timely flaw remediation.

References