Medium severity · published Sep 19, 2026
CVE-2026-13191
Create <= 2.5.3 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via 'order_by' Parameter
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Create plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'order_by' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.3 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The REST endpoint permission callback defaults to the publish_posts capability, meaning any Author-level user or above can reach the vulnerable code path without any additional preconditions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CR
Create · mischiefmarmot
through 2.5.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13191
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13191
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediavine-create/tags/2.5.2/lib/class-api-services.php#L191
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediavine-create/tags/2.5.2/lib/class-permissions.php#L22
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediavine-create/tags/2.5.2/lib/db-interface/class-mv-dbi.php#L1183
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediavine-create/tags/2.5.2/lib/db-interface/class-mv-dbi.php#L1586
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediavine-create/tags/2.5.2/lib/db-interface/class-mv-dbi.php#L1646
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mediavine-create/tags/2.5.2/lib/products/class-products.php#L533
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