CVE-2026-9848

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2026-9848. PoCs published by aj2108.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a detailed technical analysis of CVE-2026-9848, an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the WP Ticket WordPress plugin (≤6.0.4). The writeup explains the root cause (direct concatenation of user input into SQL queries), vulnerable code patterns, and patch diffs, with clear attack flow diagrams and conceptual examples.

The WP Ticket plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the WordPress search query parameter (`s`) in versions up to, and including, 6.0.4 The plugin hooks WordPress's `posts_request` filter with `wp_ticket_com_posts_request()`, which calls `emd_author_search_results()` when the current request is an unauthenticated front-end search. That function reads `$query->query_vars['s']` — already wp_unslash()'d by `WP_Query::parse_query()`, so wp_magic_quotes protection has been stripped — and concatenates the raw value into a SQL `LIKE` clause inside a UNION sub-SELECT appended to the main query, with no `$wpdb->prepare()` or escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already-existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.