CVE-2026-54809
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 VillaTheme GIFT4U allows Blind SQL Injection. This issue affects GIFT4U: from n/a through 1.0.10.
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 VillaTheme GIFT4U WordPress plugin. The flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via unsanitized input parameters. The vulnerability is classified as blind SQL injection, meaning attackers infer database information through behavioral differences in application responses rather than seeing direct output.
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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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Verify GIFT4U plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'GIFT4U' by VillaTheme. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'gift4u' or similar.Affected if The plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed versionIn WordPress admin, click on the GIFT4U plugin to view its details, or inspect the main plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/gift4u/ for the 'Version' field.Affected if The installed version differs from the patched version (check WordPress plugin repository for latest release)
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Confirm plugin is accessible to unauthenticated usersReview the plugin's publicly accessible endpoints. Test by making HTTP requests to your site without logging in, focusing on pages that use GIFT4U functionality.Affected if The plugin exposes functionality to unauthenticated (logged-out) users
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Inspect HTTP parameters for lack of sanitizationIf you have access to plugin source code, examine PHP files in the plugin folder for direct use of $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST without prepare() statements or sanitization functions.Affected if User-supplied input is used directly in database queries without prepared statements
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Review access logs for SQL injection attemptsCheck your web server access logs (Apache/Nginx) for requests to your site containing SQL keywords (AND, OR, UNION, SELECT, SLEEP, BENCHMARK) in query parameters.Affected if Logs show SQL injection patterns targeting GIFT4U-related parameters
If the GIFT4U plugin is installed, active, and exposed to unauthenticated users without a patched version, the environment is likely affected by this blind SQL injection vulnerability.
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 dataUpgrade to the latest version of GIFT4U immediately. If no patched version is available, disable the plugin until a fix is released. As an interim control, deploy a WAF rule to block SQL injection patterns in plugin-related requests.
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