SQL Injection Vulnerability in OptinCraft Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-8978

4.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Optincraft – Drag & Drop Optins & Popup Builder For WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 June 2026

What is CVE-2026-8978?

The OptinCraft plugin for WordPress is affected by a severe SQL Injection vulnerability due to inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters. Specifically, the 'order_by' parameter can be exploited, allowing authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject and execute arbitrary SQL queries. This flaw grants access to sensitive data stored in the database, thereby posing a significant risk to the integrity and confidentiality of the information managed by the plugin.

Affected Version(s)

OptinCraft – Drag & Drop Optins & Popup Builder for WordPress 0 <= 1.2.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optincraft/tag...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optincraft/tag...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Yousef Alraddadi
.