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GHSA-P5MF-F79J-WV99

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-16 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-16 06:30

Details

The Query Wrangler plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.57 via the 'options' parameter parameter. This is due to missing capability check and nonce verification on the wp_ajax_qw_form_ajax handler, combined with unsanitized attacker-controlled options fully replacing saved query options and being passed directly to call_user_func_array() guarded only by function_exists(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires only that at least one query row exists in the database, as the query_id is a small enumerable integer with no further access control.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-14498 (GCVE-0-2026-14498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-16 04:24 – Updated: 2026-08-18 19:24

Title

Query Wrangler <= 1.5.57 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution via 'options' Parameter

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-18 19:24 UTC

CWE

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/query-…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/query-…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/query-…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/query-…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?repo…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
daggerhart	Query Wrangler	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.5.57 (semver)

Credits

Enis

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