What is CVE-2026-16959?

CVE-2026-16959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Media Library Assistant, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-16959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Media Library Assistant

CVE-2026-16959

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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Media Library Assistant

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16959?: CVE-2026-16959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Media Library Assistant, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-08-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-16959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.