CVE-2026-15399 json
Animated Number Counters <= 3.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) SQL Injection via 'counterid' Parameter
published 27d ago modified 27d ago also EUVD-2026-98348
- cvss
- 4.9
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Animated Number Counters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the 'counterid' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.0 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 editor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This is a second-order SQL injection: the write path correctly uses $wpdb->prepare(), but that protection is not carried forward to the read path, where the retrieved value is concatenated unsanitized into unprepared queries in both a single-quoted string context and a bare numeric context.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 27d ago
Exploit prediction
0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- wpmart Animated Number Counters
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fed4591b-b7e3-4a55-a747-1c17f6c6f643?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.8/settings/counters/counter-01.php#L61
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.8/settings/helper/functions.php#L312
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.8/settings/helper/number-counter-save.php#L8
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.8/settings/counters/counter-01.php#L20
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.7/settings/counters/counter-01.php#L61
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.7/settings/helper/functions.php#L312
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.7/settings/helper/number-counter-save.php#L8
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/animated-number-counters/tags/2.7/settings/counters/counter-01.php#L20
- wordpress.org /plugins/animated-number-counters
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3603796/animated-number-counters/trunk/settings/counters/counter-01.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-15399
- NVD CVE-2026-15399
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