# CVE-2026-17607: WP Inventory Manager SQL injection in shortcode

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-17607-wp-inventory-manager-sql-injection-in-shortcode  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-18. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-17607 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-09-18

The WP Inventory Manager WordPress plugin is vulnerable to SQL injection through a shortcode parameter, allowing authenticated contributors to extract sensitive data from the site's database. An attacker with contributor-level access can craft malicious shortcode attributes to bypass query protections and execute unauthorized database queries, risking exposure of customer information, credentials, and other confidential records stored in the database.

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-17607 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-17607 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-17607?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 18 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** WP Inventory Manager WP Inventory Manager up to 2.5.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-17607?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-17607 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-17607?** Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the WPIMItem::get_all() function, specifically in the parse_custom_where() method that processes the 'where' shortcode attribute. The function performs insufficient input validation—only applying html_entity_decode(), stripping semicolons, and performing field-name replacements—without using $wpdb->prepare() parameterized queries or a whitelist. The unsanitized parameter is directly concatenated into a raw SELECT statement executed via $wpdb->get_results(). Exploitation requires authenticated access with Contributor role or higher. An attacker can append arbitrary SQL queries to extract sensitive database information. Patches are available in versions after 2.5.1.

## Affected products

- WP Inventory Manager WP Inventory Manager up to 2.5.1

## Timeline

- 2026-09-18: disclosed

## References

- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-inventory-manager/tags/2.4.1/includes/wpinventory.item.class.php)