{"id":"CVE-2026-16061","title":"The Rest Routes  WordPress plugin through 5.5.5 does not sanitize and validate a value taken from the URL of one of its public REST routes before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.","summary":"The Rest Routes  WordPress plugin through 5.5.5 does not sanitize and validate a value taken from the URL of one of its public REST routes before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.","severity":"high","cvss":8.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-89"],"published":"2026-08-29","updated":"2026-08-30","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16061","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a5114034-797c-44cd-ba9b-6ab3655fd3e8/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00262,"epssPercentile":0.18376,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-30T07:49:06.609Z","slug":"CVE-2026-16061","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Rest Routes  WordPress plugin through 5.5.5 does not sanitize and validate a value taken from the URL of one of its public REST routes before using it in a SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":47,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":47.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}