CVE-2025-32650 Overview
CVE-2025-32650 is a SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the Ability, Inc Accessibility Suite plugin (online-accessibility) for WordPress. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands [CWE-89]. Authenticated attackers with low privileges can inject malicious SQL statements through the plugin, exposing database contents and impacting availability of the WordPress backend. All versions of Accessibility Suite up to and including 4.18 are affected. The issue was published to the National Vulnerability Database on April 11, 2025, based on research coordinated through Patchstack.
Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers can extract sensitive database contents from WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of the Accessibility Suite plugin, with a scope change that extends impact beyond the plugin itself.
Affected Products
- Ability, Inc Accessibility Suite (online-accessibility) WordPress plugin
- All versions from n/a through <= 4.18
- WordPress installations using the affected plugin
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-04-11 - CVE-2025-32650 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-32650
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability is a classic SQL Injection flaw [CWE-89] in the Accessibility Suite WordPress plugin developed by Ability, Inc. The plugin fails to properly sanitize or parameterize user-supplied input before including it in SQL queries executed against the WordPress database. An attacker holding low-privilege credentials on the target WordPress site can supply crafted input that alters the intended SQL query logic.
Exploitation is performed over the network without user interaction. Because the scope is changed, a successful attack impacts resources beyond the vulnerable plugin, including data managed by the underlying WordPress database. Confidentiality impact is high, while integrity is unaffected and availability impact is low.
Root Cause
The root cause is improper neutralization of special elements in an SQL command. The plugin concatenates untrusted input directly into database queries rather than using prepared statements or the WordPress $wpdb->prepare() API with proper placeholders. This allows attacker-controlled characters such as single quotes, comments, and UNION clauses to break out of the intended query context.
Attack Vector
An authenticated user with low privileges submits crafted parameters to a plugin endpoint that processes them within a SQL query. The injected payload can enumerate database schema, extract WordPress user credentials and session tokens, and read arbitrary tables accessible to the WordPress database user. No specific technical proof-of-concept has been released publicly at this time. Refer to the Patchstack SQL Injection Advisory for additional context.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-32650
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected SQL syntax such as UNION SELECT, SLEEP(, or information_schema references in web server access logs targeting online-accessibility plugin endpoints.
- Anomalous authenticated requests from low-privilege WordPress users to plugin URLs under /wp-content/plugins/online-accessibility/ or associated admin-ajax actions.
- Database error messages or unusually large response bodies returned from plugin request handlers.
Detection Strategies
- Deploy web application firewall (WAF) rules that detect SQL Injection patterns targeting WordPress admin-ajax and plugin routes.
- Enable MySQL general query logging temporarily to identify malformed or attacker-influenced queries originating from the plugin.
- Correlate authentication events with SQL error responses to identify low-privilege accounts probing the plugin.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Monitor WordPress audit logs for unusual query strings and POST bodies submitted to Accessibility Suite endpoints.
- Alert on sudden increases in database query duration or error rates on hosts running the affected plugin.
- Track outbound data volumes from WordPress database servers to identify potential mass extraction.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-32650
Immediate Actions Required
- Upgrade the Accessibility Suite plugin beyond version 4.18 once a fixed release is available from Ability, Inc.
- If no fix is available, deactivate and remove the online-accessibility plugin from all WordPress installations.
- Rotate WordPress user passwords and secret keys if exploitation is suspected.
- Restrict WordPress account creation and audit existing low-privilege accounts for unfamiliar entries.
Patch Information
Refer to the Patchstack SQL Injection Advisory for the latest vendor patch status. All versions through 4.18 are affected, and administrators should apply any subsequent security release from the plugin author or remove the plugin until a patched version is confirmed.
Workarounds
- Apply virtual patching through a WordPress-aware WAF that blocks SQL Injection payloads directed at plugin endpoints.
- Enforce least-privilege on the MySQL user configured in wp-config.php so it cannot read tables outside the WordPress schema.
- Disable the plugin on sites where accessibility functionality is not business-critical until a fix ships.
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