CVE-2026-6230

HighCVSS 7.5

Published: 08/07/2026(UTC)Updated: 08/07/2026(UTC)Translated: 09/07/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL injection via the 'geoquery' parameter in all versions up to and including 1.0.3 due to insufficient escaping and lack of proper query preparation.

Risk Assessment

Unauthenticated attackers can append additional SQL queries to existing ones, allowing extraction of sensitive information from the database, such as user credentials or other confidential data.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Tainacan plugin to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability. If no update is available, temporarily disable the plugin.

Other vulnerabilities in Tainacan

CVE-2026-42740Critical
CVE-2026-42740 describes an improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands, leading to a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the Tainacan system. This issue affects Tainacan versions from n/a through 1.0.3.

Original NVD description (English source)

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the 'geoquery' parameter in all versions up to and including 1.0.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.