WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

BSK PDF Manager <= 3.8.1 - Contributor+ SQLi via tags_specific Shortcode Attribute

Description

The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, which could allow authenticated users with contributor-level access and above to perform SQL injection attacks and read sensitive data such as administrator password hashes from the database.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

No known fix

References

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Mohamed Bassia
Submitter
Mohamed Bassia
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-14 (about 14 hours ago)
Added
2026-10-07 (about 6 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-07 (about 6 days ago)

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