Read More & Accordion <= 3.5.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'orderby' Parameter

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-7472
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-20 02:16:39 UTC
Updated2026-05-20 13:54:54 UTC
DescriptionThe Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.7. This is due to the use of esc_sql() without surrounding the value in quotes in an ORDER BY clause inside the getAllDataByLimit() and getAccordionAllDataByLimit() functions in ReadMoreData.php. The user-supplied $_GET['orderby'] value is only processed through esc_attr() (an HTML-escaping function) before being passed to these database functions, where esc_sql() is applied but the value is directly concatenated—unquoted—into the ORDER BY fragment of the SQL query before $wpdb->prepare() is called. Because esc_sql() only escapes quote characters and backslashes (which are irrelevant in an unquoted ORDER BY context), an attacker can inject arbitrary SQL expressions such as (SELECT SLEEP(5)) or conditional subqueries to perform time-based blind data extraction. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level access or above (or any role explicitly permitted access to the plugin's admin pages via the yrm-user-roles setting) to extract sensitive data from the database, including administrator credential hashes.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.9 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.000530000 probability, percentile 0.165590000 (date 2026-05-27)

Problem Types: CWE-89 | CWE-89 CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary4.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED4.9MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Edmonparker Read More Accordion affected 3.5.7 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/tags/3.5.7/views/readMorePagesView.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/classes/ReadMoreData.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc7c7e21-fbd7-4451-bc7d-3d11d... [email protected] www.wordfence.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/classes/ReadMoreData.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/views/readMorePagesView.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/trunk/views/accordionBuilder/list.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/tags/3.5.7/classes/ReadMoreData.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/tags/3.5.7/classes/ReadMoreData.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/expand-maker/tags/3.5.7/views/accordionBuilder/list.php [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: BIMA IKHSAN (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2026-05-19T12:12:45.000ZDisclosed
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