Description
The Rest Routes WordPress plugin through 5.5.5 does not sanitize and validate a value taken from the URL of one of its public REST routes before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.
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Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.6
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 39 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-89
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