CVE-2026-16532 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Link Library WordPress plugin before 7.9.3 does not properly sanitise and escape a user-supplied value before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00177.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

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Vendors	Products

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/da3b8caa-ac99-4097-8286-f3c418ddb63d/

History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-89

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Link Library WordPress plugin before 7.9.3 does not properly sanitise and escape a user-supplied value before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks.
Title		Link Library < 7.9.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via the Front-End Link Submission Form
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/da3b8caa-ac99-4097-8286-f3c418ddb63d/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-03T06:00:10.791Z

Updated: 2026-08-03T17:01:28.911Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T08:42:53.140Z

Link: CVE-2026-16532

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T17:01:23.648Z

NVD

No data.

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T08:45:03Z

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