CVE-2026-16959

Published Aug 21, 2026

Last updated 3 days ago

CVSS medium 6.8

Overview

Description
The Media Library Assistant WordPress plugin before 3.40 does not validate a search parameter before concatenating it into a SQL query in one of its media-library query handlers, allowing users with the Author role to perform SQL injection.
Source
contact@wpscan.com
NVD status
Received

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
4
Exploitability score
2.3
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-89

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.