CVE-2026-104667: unknown animated number counters SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-104667 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in unknown animated number counters. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.1.

Timeline

1. 07-10-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Animated Number Counters WordPress plugin before 3.1 does not sanitise or escape a value stored by an Editor-level user before concatenating it into a SQL query that runs when any unauthenticated visitor renders a page containing the counter, leading to second-order SQL injection that can read arbitrary data including password hashes.

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.