Vulnerability · Published Jul 16, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-15727WP Bulk Delete <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'delete_user_roles' Parameter
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity SQL injection in WP Bulk Delete from xylus. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Bulk Delete plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'delete_user_roles' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 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 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. wp_unslash() is applied to the raw POST body before parse_str() decomposes it, stripping WordPress magic-quotes protection and leaving attacker-controlled values fully unescaped prior to reaching the SQL sink.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| xylus | WP Bulk Delete | 0 – through 1.4.2 |
Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39d325d4-073c-47b6-8ea4-30637417f0d7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.1/includes/class-delete-api.php#L1071
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.2/includes/class-delete-api.php#L1113
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.2/includes/class-delete-api.php#L1071
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.2/includes/ajax-delete-handler.php#L36
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.2/includes/ajax-delete-handler.php#L118
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.1/includes/class-delete-api.php#L1113
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.1/includes/ajax-delete-handler.php#L36
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-bulk-delete/tags/1.4.1/includes/ajax-delete-handler.php#L118
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3608270/wp-bulk-delete/trunk/includes/class-delete-api.php