# CVE-2026-7472: Read More & Accordion <= 3.5.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'orderby' Parameter

> Authenticated administrators can exploit SQL injection in the Read More & Accordion plugin to extract sensitive database data, including credential hashes.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 May 2026
- **Updated:** 20 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xf5m-hv2x-626c

## What is CVE-2026-7472?

CVE-2026-7472 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in edmonparker Read More & Accordion, published on 20 May 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Read More & Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.7. This is due to the use of esc_sql() without surrounding the value in quotes in an ORDER BY clause inside the getAllDataByLimit() and getAccordionAllDataByLimit() functions in ReadMoreData.php. The user-supplied $_GET['orderby'] value is only processed through esc_attr() (an HTML-escaping function) before being passed to these database functions, where esc_sql() is applied but the value is directly concatenated—unquoted—into the ORDER BY fragment of the SQL query before $wpdb->prepare() is called. Because esc_sql() only escapes quote characters and backslashes (which are irrelevant in an unquoted ORDER BY context), an attacker can inject arbitrary SQL expressions such as (SELECT SLEEP(5)) or conditional subqueries to perform time-based blind data extraction. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level access or above (or any role explicitly permitted access to the plugin's admin pages via the yrm-user-roles setting) to extract sensitive data from the database, including administrator credential hashes.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7472?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-7472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-7472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-7472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-7472 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-7472 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in edmonparker Read More & Accordion, published on 20 May 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: edmonparker Read More & Accordion. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7472/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7472/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7472
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7472
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-7472

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-7472/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.