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CVE-2026-29206: Insufficient sanitization of SQL queries in the `sqloptimizer` utility script allows SQL Injections on behalf of the root user if Slow Query

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.31% (FIRST EPSS).
Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: WebPros cPanel 11.102.0.42, 11.110.0.119, 11.118.0.67; WebPros cPanel (CloudLinux 6, CentOS 6) 11.110.0.118; WebPros WP Squared 11.136.1.12.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to WebPros cPanel 11.102.0.42, 11.110.0.119, 11.118.0.67; WebPros cPanel (CloudLinux 6, CentOS 6) 11.110.0.118; WebPros WP Squared 11.136.1.12 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Insufficient sanitization of SQL queries in the `sqloptimizer` utility script allows SQL Injections on behalf of the root user if Slow Query logging is enabled.

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Published: May 13, 2026
Updated: Oct 26, 2026
EPSS: 0.3% · 24th percentile
CWE: CWE-89

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD: —
CNA · hackerone: 8.1; NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hackerone). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

WebPros cPanel
- 11.136.0.0 and later · before 11.136.0.10affected · semver
- 11.134.0.0 and later · before 11.134.0.26affected · semver
- 11.132.0.0 and later · before 11.132.0.32affected · semver
- 11.130.0.0 and later · before 11.130.0.23affected · semver
- 11.126.0.0 and later · before 11.126.0.59affected · semver
- 11.124.0.0 and later · before 11.124.0.38affected · semver
- 11.118.0.0 and later · before 11.118.0.67affected · semver
- 11.110.0.0 and later · before 11.110.0.119affected · semver
- 11.102.0.0 and later · before 11.102.0.42affected · semver
- 11.94.0.0 and later · before 11.94.0.31affected · semver
WebPros cPanel (CloudLinux 6, CentOS 6)
- 11.110.0.0 and later · before 11.110.0.118affected · semver
WebPros WP Squared
- 11.136.1.0 and later · before 11.136.1.12affected · semver

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
WebPros cPanel	11.102.0.42	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.110.0.119	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.118.0.67	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.124.0.38	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.126.0.59	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.130.0.23	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.132.0.32	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.134.0.26	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.136.0.10	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.86.0.44	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel	11.94.0.31	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros cPanel (CloudLinux 6, CentOS 6)	11.110.0.118	Vendor (CNA)
WebPros WP Squared	11.136.1.12	Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2026-67401119 days apartA vulnerability in cPanel allows a mail-enabled account to achieve remote code execution as root through SQLi in EmailTrack component
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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
No account or password is required.
A user must open a link or visit a page.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: None
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'"
4);

Fixed

1const owner = req.query.owner;
2const rows = await db.query(
3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",
4  [owner]
5);

Attack context

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Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

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References

support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/40437213099159-Security-CVE-2026-29206-cPanel-WHM-WP2-Security-Update-May-13-2026

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