CVE-2025-22352: ELEX WooCommerce Bulk Edit SQL Injection

CVE-2025-22352 Overview

CVE-2025-22352 is a blind SQL injection vulnerability in the ELEXtensions ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes plugin for WordPress. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands [CWE-89]. It affects all versions of the plugin up through 1.4.9. An authenticated attacker with high privileges can inject SQL statements that the database executes against the WordPress backend. The issue is tracked by Patchstack and was published to the National Vulnerability Database on January 7, 2025.

Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers can extract arbitrary data from the WordPress database through blind SQL injection, exposing customer records, credentials, and WooCommerce transactional data.

Affected Products

ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes (Basic) plugin
All versions from n/a through 1.4.9
WordPress sites running WooCommerce with this plugin installed

Discovery Timeline

2025-01-07 - CVE-2025-22352 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-22352

Vulnerability Analysis

The plugin fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before incorporating it into SQL queries. This allows an attacker with administrative or editor-level access to inject arbitrary SQL fragments through plugin parameters used in bulk edit operations. Because the injection is blind, the application does not return query results directly in HTTP responses. Attackers infer data through boolean conditions, time delays, or differential response behavior. The scope change indicated by the CVSS vector means a successful exploit affects resources beyond the vulnerable component, including the underlying WordPress and WooCommerce data stores.

Root Cause

The vulnerability originates from concatenating untrusted input directly into SQL statements without using prepared statements or the WordPress $wpdb->prepare() API. WordPress provides parameterized query helpers, but the plugin code paths handling bulk edit filters do not apply them consistently. Input passed through plugin request parameters reaches the database layer with insufficient escaping or type casting.

Attack Vector

Exploitation requires network access to the WordPress admin interface and authenticated session privileges. An attacker submits crafted parameter values to vulnerable plugin endpoints handling product, price, or attribute bulk edit operations. The injected payloads use blind techniques such as AND SLEEP(5) for time-based extraction or boolean conditions for inferential extraction. Repeated requests progressively enumerate database contents including the wp_users table and WooCommerce order metadata.

No verified public proof-of-concept code is available for this CVE. See the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for additional technical context.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-22352

Indicators of Compromise

HTTP requests to plugin admin endpoints containing SQL keywords such as UNION, SLEEP, BENCHMARK, or encoded variants
Unusually long response times on /wp-admin/admin.php or /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php requests tied to the bulk edit plugin
Spikes in authenticated requests from a single session iterating through parameter values
Database error log entries referencing malformed queries from the plugin

Detection Strategies

Inspect web server access logs for the plugin slug elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic combined with SQL metacharacters in query parameters
Enable MySQL general query logging temporarily and correlate suspicious queries with WordPress user sessions
Deploy a web application firewall rule set covering OWASP SQL injection signatures for admin-area traffic

Monitoring Recommendations

Alert on authenticated admin sessions generating high request volumes to plugin endpoints within short time windows
Track baseline response times for plugin pages and flag deviations consistent with time-based SQL injection
Audit WordPress user role assignments regularly to limit the population of accounts capable of triggering the vulnerable code paths

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-22352

Immediate Actions Required

Identify all WordPress sites running the ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes plugin at version 1.4.9 or earlier
Update the plugin to a fixed release once published by ELEXtensions, or deactivate and remove it if no patch is available
Rotate WordPress administrator and database credentials if exploitation is suspected
Review WooCommerce order and customer data for signs of unauthorized access

Patch Information

Review the Patchstack Vulnerability Report for the current fix status and upgrade guidance. Apply the vendor patch through the WordPress plugin updater once available.

Workarounds

Restrict access to /wp-admin/ using IP allowlists at the web server or reverse proxy layer
Apply WAF rules that block SQL injection patterns on requests to plugin admin endpoints
Reduce the number of accounts with administrator or shop manager roles to minimize the exploitable user base
Disable the plugin until a patched version is installed if bulk edit functionality is not business critical

bash

# Example: disable the vulnerable plugin via WP-CLI
wp plugin deactivate elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic
wp plugin status elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic