CVE-2026-42761
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in RealMag777 Active Products Tables for WooCommerce profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Active Products Tables for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA blind SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin (profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce) due to improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands. An unauthenticated attacker can inject malicious SQL queries via vulnerable parameters, leveraging blind techniques (conditional responses or time-based inference) to extract data from the database. The issue affects versions up to and including 1.0.9.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugin directory for 'profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce' or 'active-products-tables-for-woocommerce', or query the wp_options table for the active_plugins optionAffected if The plugin directory contains the plugin files or the plugin appears in active plugins
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Identify installed versionRead the main plugin file (e.g., profit-products-tables-for-woocommerce.php) and locate the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block, or check wp_options for the plugin version optionAffected if The reported version is 1.0.9 or lower
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Verify plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins and confirm the plugin status, or query the wp_options table where option_name = 'active_plugins'Affected if The plugin is enabled and running on the site
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Inspect access logs for SQL injection attemptsReview web server access logs (Apache error.log, Nginx access.log) or WAF logs for requests to the WooCommerce products table endpoint containing patterns like UNION, SELECT, SLEEP, or common SQL injection payloadsAffected if Suspicious SQL injection patterns appear in logs targeting the plugin endpoints
The environment is affected if the Active Products Tables for WooCommerce plugin is installed, active, and running version 1.0.9 or lower.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImmediately update the plugin to the latest version once a patch is released; if no patch is available, disable the plugin. As an interim measure, deploy a WAF rule to block SQL injection attack patterns in requests, and restrict access to the affected endpoints at the web server level until remediation is complete.
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