What the vulnerability does
01Description
The PrettyLinks – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking, Marketing and Stripe Payments Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 's' (search) parameter on the Pretty Links listing page in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.20. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the `search_links_table()` function. 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.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
PrettyLinks versions 3.6.20 and earlier contain a SQL injection vulnerability in a database query. An attacker with high-level privileges can craft malicious input to read sensitive data from the site's database. The vulnerability requires administrative or equivalent access to exploit and does not allow data modification or site disruption.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Read sensitive data from the site database if they have high-level account access.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
If a compromised admin account exists, an attacker can extract sensitive database records without your knowledge.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have high-level privileges (administrator or equivalent role) on the site.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
August 5, 2026
CVE published
August 5, 2026
Record updated
