Summary
CVE-2026-3430 is an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in the Creative Mail WordPress plugin, affecting versions 1.6.5 through 1.6.9. An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary SQL through the plugin’s abandoned cart email functionality, exposing sensitive database contents. It is rated High severity with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6.
Technical details
- Root cause: The plugin does not sanitize and escape a user-supplied parameter before using it in an SQL statement (CWE-89).
- Trigger conditions: The flaw is reachable through the abandoned cart email handling used when Creative Mail manages WooCommerce abandoned cart emails; no authentication or user interaction is required.
- Attack vector: Network — exploitable remotely via crafted HTTP requests.
- Impact: Injection of arbitrary SQL, allowing extraction of sensitive information from the WordPress database. The CVSS vector indicates a scope change with high confidentiality impact.
Affected software
- Creative Mail WordPress plugin, versions 1.6.5 through 1.6.9 (inclusive).
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 base score: 8.6 (High)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: At the time of disclosure, no fixed version was available. Monitor the vendor for an updated release and upgrade as soon as one is published.
- If no patch: Consider disabling or removing the Creative Mail plugin until a fix is released. Restrict access to the affected functionality using a web application firewall to block SQL injection payloads, and review database and access logs for anomalous queries or unauthorized data access.
How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets
IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.
- Raw response body:
/wp-content/plugins/creative-mail-by-constant-contact/

