CVE-2026-15462
The Sticky Chat Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'scw_form_fields' parameter array keys of the 'scw_save_form_data' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.4.2.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Sticky Chat Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'scw_form_fields' parameter array keys of the 'scw_save_form_data' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.4.2. This is due to the save_form_data() function passing attacker-controlled POST array keys unsanitized to $wpdb->insert(), which wraps column identifiers in backticks without escaping them, allowing a backtick in an attacker-supplied key to break out of the column-identifier list into raw SQL; additionally, the use of filter_input() bypasses WordPress's wp_magic_quotes() protection, and the widget_id validation loop is skipped entirely when no valid widget_id is supplied, leaving $isValid at 1. 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky-chat-widget/tags/1.4.2/includes/front-end.php#L141
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky-chat-widget/tags/1.4.2/includes/front-end.php#L188
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky-chat-widget/tags/1.4.2/includes/front-end.php#L60
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3640407%40sticky-chat-widget%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Ffront-end.php&old=3349742%40sticky-chat-widget%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Ffront-end.php&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/35a49ba9-02a6-47cf-98f0-053b06036b08?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.