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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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00507,"percentile":0.43641,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-89"],"published":"2026-08-05T06:38:00Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37Z","products":[{"vendor":"2wstechnologies","product":"askeet — talk to your woocommerce data"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b95af878-f324-44ae-a4bf-0c1e994bb3c1?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/trunk/askeet.php#L767"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/tags/2.5/askeet.php#L767"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/askeet/tags/2.5/askeet.php#L563"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/askeet/"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=3525593%40askeet%2Ftrunk\u0026old=3521172%40askeet%2Ftrunk"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5651"},{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/askeet"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w4cg-h4j3-3gf6"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-5651","title":"Askeet \u003c= 3.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'sql_query' Parameter","description":"The Askeet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'sql_query' parameter in multiple AJAX actions (askeet_execute_sql_query, askeet_export_all_results) in all versions up to, and including, 3.0. 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This is due to the askeet_is_safe_query() filter being bypassable using MySQL conditional comments (e.g., /*!UNION*/). The filter strips regular block comments before checking for forbidden SQL keywords, but MySQL interprets conditional comments as executable code. 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