Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-2279

High

Published: 21 March 2026

Published
21 March 2026
Modified
22 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0004 14.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-2279 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 14.3th 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-2026-2279 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in the myLinksDump plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.6. The issue stems from insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters 'sort_by' and 'sort_order', combined with a lack of sufficient preparation in the existing SQL query. Published on 2026-03-21, it has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Authenticated attackers with administrator-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity and no user interaction required. By injecting malicious payloads via the affected parameters, they can append additional SQL queries to existing ones, enabling extraction of sensitive information from the database.

Advisories reference the vulnerable code in myLinksDump.php at lines 414 and 423, as shown in the WordPress plugins trac for version 1.6 tags and the trunk. Further details are provided in Wordfence's threat intelligence report at the specified URL.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The myLinksDump plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'sort_by' and 'sort_order' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 1.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the…

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existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, 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 publicly accessible WordPress plugin admin interface directly enables remote exploitation of a web application for data access.

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

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-39334Shared CWE-89
CVE-2024-13488Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-20002Shared CWE-89
CVE-2025-1446Shared CWE-89
CVE-2025-22699Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-36232Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-31871Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-33078Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-46359Shared CWE-89
CVE-2025-22691Shared CWE-89

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-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates SQL injection by requiring validation and sanitization of user-supplied 'sort_by' and 'sort_order' parameters before incorporation into database queries.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures prompt remediation of the specific SQL injection flaw in the myLinksDump WordPress plugin through patching or version updates.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Reduces exploitability by enforcing least privilege, limiting the authenticated administrator-level access required to reach the vulnerable parameters.

References