Description
The Animated Number Counters WordPress plugin before 3.1 does not sanitise or escape a value stored by an Editor-level user before concatenating it into a SQL query that runs when any unauthenticated visitor renders a page containing the counter, leading to second-order SQL injection that can read arbitrary data including password hashes.
Published: 2026-10-07
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-89

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Animated Number Counters WordPress plugin before 3.1 does not sanitise or escape a value stored by an Editor-level user before concatenating it into a SQL query that runs when any unauthenticated visitor renders a page containing the counter, leading to second-order SQL injection that can read arbitrary data including password hashes.
Title Animated Number Counters < 3.1 - Editor+ Second-Order SQLi via Counter Order
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:56:28.389Z

Reserved: 2026-10-02T07:57:47.460Z

Link: CVE-2026-104667

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T09:54:50.918Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-07T07:16:58.160

Modified: 2026-10-07T14:52:43.420

Link: CVE-2026-104667

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-07T12:00:15Z

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