# CVE-2026-96822: Books Gallery SQL injection vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-96822-unauthenticated-sql-injection-in-books-gallery-4-8-3-versions  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-30. Updated: 2026-09-30  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-96822 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.3 · Published 2026-09-30

Books Gallery is a WordPress plugin that displays book collections on websites. An unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in versions up to 4.8.3 allows attackers to read, modify, or delete the entire database without needing any credentials. This could lead to theft of user accounts, customer data, and site takeover.

Vendors: [Unknown](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/unknown).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-96822 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-96822 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-96822?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.3, published 30 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Unknown Books Gallery <=4.8.3.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-96822?** A patch was published on 2026-09-29: patch released in version 4.8.4 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-96822 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-96822?** Check whether you run Unknown Books Gallery at an affected version. 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

The vulnerability is an unauthenticated SQL injection in the Books Gallery WordPress plugin affecting versions 4.8.3 and earlier. Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries against the database through the network without authentication, allowing full database compromise. The issue was patched in version 4.8.4.

## Affected products

- unknown Books Gallery <=4.8.3

## Timeline

- 2026-09-29: disclosed
- 2026-09-29: patched: patch released in version 4.8.4

## References

- [https://wordpress.org/plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins)
- [https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-books-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-books-gallery-plugin-4-8-3-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-books-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-books-gallery-plugin-4-8-3-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)