Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-9848WP Ticket <= 6.0.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via WordPress Search 's' Parameter
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity SQL injection in Customer Support Ticket System & Helpdesk from emarket-design. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The WP Ticket plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the WordPress search query parameter (`s`) in versions up to, and including, 6.0.4 The plugin hooks WordPress's `posts_request` filter with `wp_ticket_com_posts_request()`, which calls `emd_author_search_results()` when the current request is an unauthenticated front-end search. That function reads `$query->query_vars['s']` — already wp_unslash()'d by `WP_Query::parse_query()`, so wp_magic_quotes protection has been stripped — and concatenates the raw value into a SQL `LIKE` clause inside a UNION sub-SELECT appended to the main query, with no `$wpdb->prepare()` or escaping. 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| emarket-design | Customer Support Ticket System & Helpdesk | 0 – through 6.0.4 |
Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98f16e3a-4ef3-43f9-86b2-2cf8e26f9c80?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ticket/tags/6.0.4/includes/common-functions.php#L174
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ticket/tags/6.0.4/includes/common-functions.php#L164
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ticket/tags/6.0.4/includes/query-filters.php#L57
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ticket/tags/6.0.4/includes/filter-functions.php#L22
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3565099/wp-ticket/trunk/includes/common-functions.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fwp-ticket/tags/6.0.4&new_path=%2Fwp-ticket/tags/6.0.5