Vulnerability · Published Sep 18, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-17607WP Inventory Manager <= 2.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'where' Shortcode Attribute
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity SQL injection in WP Inventory Manager from chuck1982. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Inventory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'where' shortcode attribute of the [wpinventory] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.5.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the WPIMItem::get_all() function — parse_custom_where() only performs html_entity_decode(), strips semicolons, and does field-label name replacements, without using $wpdb->prepare() or a whitelist. The resulting string is concatenated into a raw SELECT statement that is executed via $wpdb->get_results(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| chuck1982 | WP Inventory Manager | 0 – through 2.5.1 |
Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f439d60-0295-4ea8-b16d-9cdd0d866a8d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php#L269
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php#L748
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php#L211
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.shortcode.class.php#L72
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/wpinventory.core.php#L448
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3657730%40wp-inventory-manager&new=3657730%40wp-inventory-manager