What is CVE-2026-16532?

CVE-2026-16532 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Link Library, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-16532?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Link Library

CVE-2026-16532

The Link Library WordPress plugin before 7.9.3 does not properly sanitise and escape a user-supplied value before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated users to perform SQL injection attacks.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Link Library — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16532?: CVE-2026-16532 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Link Library, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-16532?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.