CVE-2026-3456

High

Published: 05 May 2026

Published

05 May 2026

Modified

05 May 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0006 19.9th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-3456 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 19.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other AI Platforms.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique.

Threat & Defense Details

Likely Mitigating ControlsAI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing

addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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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T1213.006 Databases Collection

Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.

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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote exploitation of web apps (T1190) and direct DB data extraction (T1213.006).

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

NVD Description

The GeekyBot — Generate AI Content Without Prompt, Chatbot and Lead Generation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'attributekey' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter…

and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing 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.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2026-3456 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting the GeekyBot — Generate AI Content Without Prompt, Chatbot and Lead Generation plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 1.2.0. The issue stems from insufficient escaping of the user-supplied 'attributekey' parameter and lack of sufficient preparation in the existing SQL query, allowing attackers to append additional SQL queries.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N). Successful exploitation enables extraction of sensitive information from the database.

Mitigation details are available in the plugin's patch via the WordPress trac changeset at https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3474168/geeky-bot and the Wordfence threat intelligence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4c716fd3-6297-4b3a-a796-65f68f2986cf?source=cve, which cover remediation steps for affected installations.

The plugin's focus on AI content generation introduces relevance to AI/ML-adjacent WordPress deployments, though no real-world exploitation has been reported in the provided details.