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MPG WordPress Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-94184

| CVE-2026-104953 MEDIUM
SQL Injection (CWE-89)
2026-10-07 WPScan GHSA-qjm2-mh87-qf26
6.8
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as Editor-or-higher user
  2. Exploit
    Craft malicious MPG import project data
  3. Execution
    Submit import to trigger injected SQL query
  4. Impact
    Extract password hashes and sensitive DB rows

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account with the Editor role or higher (PR:H) and access to the MPG plugin's project-import functionality; the attacker must submit crafted project data whose structure the plugin fails to validate before building a database query. The limiting factor is the trust level: a standard Subscriber, Contributor, or anonymous visitor cannot exploit this - only users already granted Editor-or-above capabilities. It affects MPG versions before 4.2.3; upgrading to 4.2.3 removes the condition. No special non-default configuration is indicated beyond the plugin being installed and the import feature being reachable by the privileged user.

Impact

This is a moderate-priority, authenticated SQL injection (CWE-89) in the MPG WordPress plugin. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 6.8) is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable, low attack complexity, no user interaction, but requiring high privileges (PR:H), which aligns with the stated prerequisite of an Editor role or higher. Impact is confidentiality-only (C:H, I:N, A:N), matching the description's claim that the flaw reads sensitive data such as password hashes rather than modifying or destroying it. Signals are not fully aligned: a public exploit exists (POC=YES, reported by WPScan), which raises practical risk, but there is NO CISA KEV listing and NO EPSS score was provided, so there is no evidence of active or widespread exploitation. The PR:H requirement is the dominant risk limiter - an attacker must already hold a trusted, authenticated Editor-level account, which substantially narrows the realistic threat to insider abuse or post-compromise privilege escalation rather than mass opportunistic attack. Net assessment: a real but second-tier issue; the public POC warrants prompt patching, but the authentication barrier makes it unsuitable for untargeted mass exploitation. EPSS is missing and should be checked before final prioritization.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has obtained an Editor-level (or higher) WordPress account - for example a lower-trust content contributor or a compromised staff login - crafts a malicious MPG project import payload whose structure is not properly validated before being used in a database query. Submitting this import triggers SQL injection, letting the attacker extract arbitrary database contents including administrator password hashes. A public exploit for this vulnerability is available via WPScan, lowering the effort required to reproduce the attack.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 07, 2026

SQL injection in the MPG WordPress plugin before 4.2.3 allows authenticated users holding the Editor role or higher to inject crafted data through the plugin's project-import functionality, causing sensitive records such as WordPress password hashes to be read out of the database. The flaw is CWE-89: imported project data is not structurally validated before it is concatenated into a database query. Publicly available exploit code exists (per WPScan and the CVE.org reference), though the vulnerability is not confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV), and its practical reach is bounded by the PR:H vector - anonymous visitors and low-privilege accounts (Subscriber, Contributor) cannot trigger it. Upgrading to version 4.2.3 removes the condition.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade the MPG WordPress plugin to version 4.2.3 or later, which is the exact fix version indicated by the affected-version range (MPG 0 < 4.2.3) and the vendor patch status; verify the resulting plugin version in wp-admin and re-scan the site afterwards. If the update cannot be applied immediately, the most effective compensating control is to reduce the attack surface of the privileged import path: remove or restrict the Editor role's access to the MPG project-import functionality (for example, revoke the specific capability from the Editor role or downgrade untrusted Editors to Author/Contributor), accepting the operational trade-off that legitimate editorial staff lose import ability. Because exploitation requires an account of Editor or higher, enforcing least privilege - auditing who actually holds Editor-and-above on the site - meaningfully lowers exposure, as does rotating credentials for such accounts and any other secrets stored in wp_users, since this vulnerability exposes password hashes. A web application firewall rule or virtual patch that filters malformed project-import payloads can provide interim protection but is bypassable and does not remove the underlying unparameterized query, so it should not replace upgrading. Refer to the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e0b17720-b055-4d90-b0fa-68911274dafa/ for update guidance, and note the vendor-patch status ('no vendor-released patch identified' does not apply here).

Affected VersionsENISA

MPG 0 <4.2.3

Affected Packages

euvd mpg fix: 4.2.3

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected component is the MPG plugin for WordPress, an import/project-management add-on whose administrative workflow accepts structured project data and later uses it to build SQL statements. Root cause is CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command): the plugin does not validate or canonicalize the structure of the imported project data before consuming it in a database query, so attacker-controlled values reach the query layer unparameterized. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack that requires high privileges (PR:H - Editor role or above in WordPress), no user interaction, and a scope change (S:C), reflecting that the compromised component can affect resources beyond its own security authority - here, the core WordPress users table and its password hashes. Impact is confidentiality-only: high read access (C:H) with no integrity (I:N) or availability (A:N) effect, consistent with a UNION/boolean-based or error-based extraction of stored credentials rather than data modification. The CPE entry supplied is cpe:2.3:a:unknown:mpg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, meaning the vendor namespace is not normalized in the CPE dictionary - treat 'unknown' as a data-quality artifact of the feed, not evidence of a different product. ENISA EUVD lists the affected range as MPG 0 < 4.2.3, and the sole reference is a WPScan vulnerability advisory (e0b17720-b055-4d90-b0fa-68911274dafa) tagged as an exploit source.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.8 MEDIUM

Editor-role prerequisite gives PR:H; network-reachable admin feature with no user interaction gives AV:N/AC:L/UI:N; SQLi reading hashes across the DB justifies S:C and C:H with no integrity/availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

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

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 07, 2026 - 10:22 NVD
6.8 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Oct 07, 2026 - 08:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 07, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.8
CVE Published
Oct 07, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The MPG WordPress plugin before 4.2.3 does not properly validate the structure of imported project data before using it in a database query, allowing users with the Editor role or higher to perform SQL injection attacks and read sensitive data such as password hashes.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
Moderately popular WordPress page-generation plugin, common but not universal
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

54
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +34
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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