What is CVE-2026-12248?

CVE-2026-12248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpml Multilingual Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-12248?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Wpml Multilingual Cms

CVE-2026-12248

The WPML Multilingual CMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'sorting' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.5 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 translator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Wpml Multilingual Cms — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12248?: CVE-2026-12248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpml Multilingual Cms, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-12248?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.