CVE-2025-48122: WooCommerce Price Changer SQL Injection

CVE-2025-48122 Overview

CVE-2025-48122 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light WordPress plugin developed by Holest Engineering. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL commands through improperly sanitized user input, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive database information including customer data, payment records, and administrative credentials.

This vulnerability poses a significant risk to WordPress e-commerce sites, as the affected plugin is designed to manage product pricing across WooCommerce stores. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to extract sensitive business data, modify product pricing, or pivot to further compromise the underlying WordPress installation.

Critical Impact

Unauthenticated SQL Injection enabling full database access, data exfiltration, and potential site compromise on affected WooCommerce installations.

Affected Products

• Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light versions from n/a through 2.4.37
• WordPress sites running the vulnerable plugin with WooCommerce integration
• WordPress sites running the vulnerable plugin with WP E-commerce integration

Discovery Timeline

• 2025-06-09 - CVE-2025-48122 published to NVD
• 2025-06-12 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-48122

Vulnerability Analysis

This SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) exists due to improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands within the Spreadsheet Price Changer plugin. The vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity and requires no privileges or user interaction, making it highly dangerous in production environments.

The scope of the vulnerability extends beyond the vulnerable component itself, allowing attackers to potentially impact the confidentiality of the entire WordPress database. While the integrity impact is limited, the vulnerability can also cause partial availability disruption to the affected system.

Root Cause

The root cause of CVE-2025-48122 is the failure to properly sanitize and parameterize user-supplied input before incorporating it into SQL queries. The Spreadsheet Price Changer plugin accepts user input for price modification operations without adequate validation, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary SQL syntax that is then executed against the WordPress database.

WordPress provides prepared statement APIs such as $wpdb->prepare() specifically designed to prevent SQL injection, but the affected code paths in this plugin do not utilize these protective measures.

Attack Vector

The attack vector is network-based, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to exploit the vulnerability through standard HTTP requests to the WordPress site. The attacker can craft malicious input containing SQL injection payloads that, when processed by the vulnerable plugin, execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database backend.

Typical exploitation scenarios include:

1. Data Exfiltration: Using UNION-based or blind SQL injection techniques to extract sensitive data from the wp_users, wp_usermeta, and WooCommerce order tables
2. Authentication Bypass: Extracting administrator password hashes for offline cracking or session tokens
3. Database Manipulation: Modifying product prices, order statuses, or injecting malicious content into database fields
4. Privilege Escalation: Creating new administrator accounts or elevating existing user privileges

For detailed technical information about this vulnerability, refer to the Patchstack SQL Injection Advisory.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-48122

Indicators of Compromise

• Unusual SQL syntax patterns in web server access logs targeting plugin endpoints
• Database query logs showing unexpected UNION SELECT, OR 1=1, or time-based delay queries
• Unexpected database exports or large data transfers from the web server
• New administrator accounts created without proper authorization
• Modified product prices or WooCommerce order data without corresponding admin activity

Detection Strategies

• Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block SQL injection patterns in request parameters
• Monitor WordPress database query logs for anomalous SQL statements originating from the affected plugin
• Enable audit logging for WordPress administrative actions to detect unauthorized privilege changes
• Deploy SentinelOne Singularity for real-time threat detection and behavioral analysis of web application attacks

Monitoring Recommendations

• Configure alerting on web server logs for SQL injection attack signatures targeting WordPress plugins
• Monitor for bulk data access patterns that may indicate database exfiltration attempts
• Set up integrity monitoring for critical WordPress database tables including wp_users and WooCommerce order tables
• Enable real-time file integrity monitoring for WordPress plugin directories to detect unauthorized modifications

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-48122

Immediate Actions Required

• Identify all WordPress installations running Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light plugin version 2.4.37 or earlier
• Temporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until a patched version is available or implement WAF-based mitigation
• Audit database access logs to identify any potential exploitation attempts
• Review user accounts and administrative privileges for any unauthorized changes
• Consider rotating database credentials and WordPress authentication keys if compromise is suspected

Patch Information

Review the Patchstack SQL Injection Advisory for the latest information on available patches. Contact Holest Engineering for guidance on updated versions that address this vulnerability. If no patch is available, consider migrating to an alternative price management solution.

Workarounds

• Implement a Web Application Firewall with SQL injection detection rules to block malicious requests
• Restrict access to the WordPress admin panel and plugin endpoints using IP allowlisting
• Apply principle of least privilege to the WordPress database user account, limiting write access where possible
• Enable WordPress debug logging to capture potential exploitation attempts for forensic analysis

# WordPress WAF configuration example using .htaccess
# Add SQL injection protection rules
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} [a-zA-Z0-9_]=.*(%27|'|%22|"|%3B|;|%3D|=) [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (union|select|insert|drop|delete|update|concat|benchmark|sleep) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>