Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-52697 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-52697 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-52697?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.5, published 15 June 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Taskbuilder Taskbuilder <= 5.0.7.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-52697?
- 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-2026-52697 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-52697?
- 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 (CWE-89) exists in the Taskbuilder plugin for WordPress due to improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands. The flaw is accessible to authenticated users with 'Subscriber' level privileges, which is the default low-level role for many WordPress sites. By sending specially crafted network requests, an attacker can bypass security controls to execute arbitrary SQL queries against the backend database. This can result in full data exfiltration or limited service disruption. The issue is resolved in version 5.0.8.
Affected products
- Taskbuilder Taskbuilder <= 5.0.7
Timeline
- 2026-05-16: other: Reported by researcher VanTastic
- 2026-06-10: advisory: Patchstack advisory published
- 2026-06-15: disclosed: NVD publication date