Medium severity · published Sep 1, 2026
CVE-2026-18752
Persistent Login <= 3.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via 'wppl_device_id' Cookie
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Persistent Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via 'wppl_device_id' Cookie in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This vulnerability is only exploitable when the plugin's Login History feature is enabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PL
Persistent Login · lukeseager
through 3.1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18752
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18752
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-persistent-login/tags/3.1.0/classes/wp-persistent-login-login-history.php#L278
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-persistent-login/tags/3.1.0/classes/wp-persistent-login-login-history.php#L61
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-persistent-login/tags/3.1.0/classes/wp-persistent-login.php#L36
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3648199%40wp-persistent-login&new=3648199%40wp-persistent-login
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d980542-bc8e-409a-a19c-0c158df6ee95?source=cve
