CVE-2026-89214

Status: DeferredHigh (8.6)—

Severity8.6High · CVSS 3.1

Exploitation probability0.26 %higher than 17% of CVEs

Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog

Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The WpCues Basic Quiz WordPress plugin through 1.6.5 does not properly sanitise and escape values before using them in a SQL statement, which allows unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks and read data from the database.

CVSS

Base score: 8.6
Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 17
Score date: 10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Primary impactT1005 Data from Local Systemcollection90 %
Secondary impactT1565.001 Stored Data Manipulationimpact60 %

Vector CVSS AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N indica vulnerabilidad remota sin autenticación ni interacción (T1190). CWE-89 (SQL injection) en plugin público permite leer datos (T1005) y potencialmente manipularlos (T1565.001).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Restrict File and Directory Permissions Privileged Account Management Remote Data Storage Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Wpcues — Basic Quiz^AI

CWEs

CWE-89

References

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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c5c57e38-61e9-456b-a56e-ef25146ee28f/

Raw JSON (NVD)

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