CVE-2026-15445 | The SEO Booster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-b… | CVSS 4.9 MEDIUM

Description

The SEO Booster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Although esc_sql() and sanitize_text_field() are applied, neither neutralizes SQL keywords, commas, parentheses, or subquery syntax in an unquoted ORDER BY context, leaving the clause fully attacker-controlled.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-15445
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-07-10 19:14 UTC
Published: 2026-07-16 03:44 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-16 03:44 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-89
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a…
Vendor / Product: cleverplugins / SEO Booster
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

4.9 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

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

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
cleverplugins	SEO Booster	—	0 ≤ 7.3.1

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-89	cna	CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
4.9	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (5)