CVE-2025-22799: Neon Product Designer SQLi Vulnerability

CVE-2025-22799 Overview

CVE-2025-22799 is a SQL Injection vulnerability in the vertim Neon Product Designer plugin for WooCommerce. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command [CWE-89]. It affects all plugin versions up to and including 2.2.0. An authenticated attacker with low privileges can inject malicious SQL statements through unsanitized input parameters. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.5 and has a scope change, meaning impact extends beyond the vulnerable component.

Critical Impact
An authenticated attacker can read sensitive database contents from WooCommerce stores running the Neon Product Designer plugin, exposing customer data, order information, and authentication material.

Affected Products

vertim Neon Product Designer for WooCommerce, all versions through 2.2.0
WordPress sites running the neon-product-designer-for-woocommerce plugin
WooCommerce installations that have enabled the Neon Product Designer extension

Discovery Timeline

2025-01-15 - CVE-2025-22799 published to NVD
2026-04-23 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-22799

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a classic SQL Injection flaw classified under [CWE-89]. The plugin accepts attacker-controlled input and concatenates it into an SQL query without parameterized statements or proper escaping. Because WordPress plugins typically interact with the global $wpdb object, missing use of $wpdb->prepare() allows injected SQL fragments to reach the database engine.

Exploitation requires authentication, but the privilege level needed is low. Many WooCommerce sites permit customer self-registration, lowering the practical barrier. A successful attack alters the structure of legitimate SQL statements, enabling extraction of data from any table accessible to the WordPress database user.

The scope change in the CVSS vector indicates that exploitation impacts resources beyond the vulnerable component itself. In WordPress, this often means the entire shared database, including the wp_users table holding credential hashes and session tokens. Integrity is rated none and availability low, suggesting the primary risk is confidentiality through unauthorized data read.

Root Cause

The root cause is failure to sanitize or parameterize user-supplied input before incorporating it into SQL queries. Developers passed request parameters directly into query strings rather than binding values through prepared statements. Standard WordPress secure coding practice mandates wpdb::prepare() with placeholders, which the affected code paths omit.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is network based and requires no user interaction. An attacker authenticates to the WordPress site with any low-privilege account, then issues crafted HTTP requests to plugin endpoints. The injected payload manipulates the underlying query to return arbitrary database rows. Refer to the Patchstack WordPress Vulnerability Report for parameter-level details.

No public proof-of-concept code has been verified. The vulnerability mechanism follows standard union-based or boolean-based SQL injection techniques against WordPress plugins.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-22799

Indicators of Compromise

HTTP requests to plugin endpoints under /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or /wp-content/plugins/neon-product-designer-for-woocommerce/ containing SQL metacharacters such as UNION SELECT, SLEEP(, 0x, or stacked semicolons.
Unusual outbound queries from the WordPress database user reading the wp_users or wp_usermeta tables outside normal application flow.
Spikes in 500 or 200 responses to plugin URLs correlated with abnormal query string lengths.

Detection Strategies

Enable MySQL or MariaDB general query logging on staging or high-risk hosts and grep for query patterns that include unexpected UNION, INFORMATION_SCHEMA, or BENCHMARK references.
Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule set such as OWASP CRS to flag SQL injection signatures on parameters consumed by the plugin.
Inventory WordPress installations and identify any running neon-product-designer-for-woocommerce at version 2.2.0 or earlier using wp plugin list via WP-CLI.

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward web server access logs and PHP error logs to a centralized SIEM for correlation against SQL injection signatures.
Alert on newly created or modified WordPress administrator accounts following suspicious plugin requests.
Track authentication anomalies for low-privilege customer accounts that suddenly issue large volumes of requests to plugin endpoints.

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-22799

Immediate Actions Required

Identify all WordPress sites running Neon Product Designer for WooCommerce version 2.2.0 or earlier and prioritize patching.
Disable the plugin on any site where a fixed version cannot be applied immediately.
Rotate WordPress administrator passwords, secret keys in wp-config.php, and any API tokens that may have been exposed.
Audit the wp_users table and database logs for signs of unauthorized read activity.

Patch Information

No fixed version is referenced in the current NVD record beyond the affected range of versions through 2.2.0. Monitor the Patchstack advisory and the vendor's WordPress.org plugin page for an updated release. Apply the patched version as soon as it becomes available and verify the plugin version after upgrade.

Workarounds

Deploy WAF rules that block SQL metacharacters on requests targeting neon-product-designer-for-woocommerce endpoints.
Restrict WordPress account registration and require manual approval to reduce the pool of low-privilege attackers.
Apply database-level least privilege by ensuring the WordPress database user has access only to its own schema.
Remove the plugin entirely if the design feature is not in active use.

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# Configuration example: identify and disable the vulnerable plugin via WP-CLI
wp plugin list --name=neon-product-designer-for-woocommerce --fields=name,status,version
wp plugin deactivate neon-product-designer-for-woocommerce