CVE-2026-3523Apocalypse Meow <= 22.1.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via 'type' Parameter
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The Apocalypse Meow plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'type' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 22.1.0. This is due to a flawed logical operator in the type validation check on line 261 of ajax.php — the condition uses `&&` (AND) instead of `||` (OR), causing the `in_array()` validation to be short-circuited and never evaluated for any non-empty type value. Combined with `stripslashes_deep()` being called on line 101 which removes `wp_magic_quotes()` protection, attacker-controlled single quotes pass through unescaped into the SQL query on line 298. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
- CVSS
- 4.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-89
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
blobfolio Apocalypse Meow blobfolio:apocalypse_meow (from the name) | through 22.1.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1af9757-23e9-41d2-bbcd-15b0610b6538?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/trunk/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L298
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/tags/22.1.0/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L298
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/trunk/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L261
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/tags/22.1.0/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L261
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/trunk/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L101
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/tags/22.1.0/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L101
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/trunk/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L167
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/apocalypse-meow/tags/22.1.0/lib/blobfolio/wp/meow/ajax.php#L167
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3448958%40apocalypse-meow&new=3448958%40apocalypse-meow&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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