CVE-2026-17607 chuck1982 CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for WordPress installations with the WP Inventory Manager plugin should assess exposure and prioritize verification and remediation efforts. This includes reviewing the potential for SQL injection attacks and implementing additional security measures to prevent such attacks.

Why it matters

The WP Inventory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection, allowing authenticated attackers to extract sensitive information from the database.

• Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above can append additional SQL queries into existing queries to extract sensitive information from the database.
• SQL injection attacks can lead to data breaches and unauthorized access to sensitive information.
• Defenders should prioritize verifying exposure of WP Inventory Manager plugin versions up to 2.5.1 and assessing the potential for SQL injection attacks.

Technical summary

The WP Inventory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'where' shortcode attribute of the [wpinventory] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.5.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the WPIMItem::get_all() function — parse_custom_where() only performs html_entity_decode(), strips semicolons, and does field-label name replacements, without using $wpdb->prepare() or a whitelist. The resulting string is concatenated into a raw SELECT statement that is executed via $wpdb->get_results().

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying exposure of WP Inventory Manager plugin versions up to 2.5.1 and assessing the potential for SQL injection attacks.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify WP Inventory Manager plugin versions up to 2.5.1 are not in use
• Assess potential for SQL injection attacks
• Implement additional security measures to prevent SQL injection
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up

Evidence notes

The CVE record and NVD entry provide details on the vulnerability, including its description, CVSS score, and affected versions. The WP Inventory Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'where' shortcode attribute of the [wpinventory] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.5.1. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the WPIMItem::get_all() function — parse_custom_where() only performs html_entity_decode(),

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Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.