Medium severity · published Aug 21, 2026
CVE-2026-16959
Media Library Assistant < 3.40 - Author+ SQL Injection via mla_search_connector
6.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Media Library Assistant WordPress plugin before 3.40 does not validate a search parameter before concatenating it into a SQL query in one of its media-library query handlers, allowing users with the Author role to perform SQL injection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ML
Media Library Assistant ·
before 3.40 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16959
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16959
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b13e3d3-42ee-4fe2-bb47-75bd2273f1b0/
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