CVE-2026-4060
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2026-05-02
- WeaknessCWE-89
Am I affected?
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Description
The Geo Mashup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Time-Based SQL Injection via the 'sort' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.18. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. The `esc_sql()` function is applied but is ineffective in the `ORDER BY` context because the value is not enclosed in quotes. Additionally, while a `sanitize_sort_arg()` allowlist-based sanitizer was added in version 1.13.18, it is only applied in the AJAX code path (`sanitize_query_args()`) and not in the `render-map.php` or template tag code paths. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database via a time-based blind approach.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2026-05-0212:16CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub
Observed activity
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- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-4060?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-4060?format=csv
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Versions per branch
Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-4060 yet.
Fix
No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record
Detection
read 2026-10-23 19:25 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
Sources
- NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-05-04
- OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
- CNACVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-89read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.6 %2026-10-22
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2026-05-02
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Deferred
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