CVE-2026-12248
MediumCVSS 6.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs
Summary
The WPML Multilingual CMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection via the 'sorting' parameter in all versions up to and including 4.9.5 due to insufficient escaping and lack of preparation on the SQL query. This allows authenticated attackers with translator-level access and above to append additional SQL queries to extract sensitive information from the database.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can extract sensitive data from the WordPress database, such as passwords, user data, or content, which can lead to site takeover.
Recommendation
Update the WPML plugin to the latest version that includes a fix for the SQL injection vulnerability.
Original NVD description (English source)
The WPML Multilingual CMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'sorting' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with translator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.