CVE-2025-69310: Woodly Core Plugin SQL Injection Flaw

CVE-2025-69310 Overview

CVE-2025-69310 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the Woodly Core WordPress plugin developed by TeconceTheme. The vulnerability allows attackers to perform Blind SQL Injection attacks against WordPress websites running vulnerable versions of the plugin. This improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands (CWE-89) enables unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive information from the WordPress database through time-based or boolean-based blind injection techniques.

Critical Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this Blind SQL Injection vulnerability to extract sensitive database contents including user credentials, personal information, and potentially gain unauthorized access to WordPress administrative functions.

Affected Products

• Woodly Core WordPress Plugin versions up to and including 1.4
• WordPress installations with the woodly-core plugin active
• All TeconceTheme Woodly theme deployments using the vulnerable core plugin

Discovery Timeline

• 2026-02-20 - CVE-2025-69310 published to NVD
• 2026-02-24 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-69310

Vulnerability Analysis

This vulnerability stems from improper input validation and inadequate sanitization of user-supplied data before its inclusion in SQL queries. The Woodly Core plugin fails to properly escape or parameterize user input, allowing malicious SQL syntax to be interpreted by the database engine. As a Blind SQL Injection variant, the vulnerability does not return query results directly to the attacker but instead relies on observable differences in application behavior or response timing to infer database contents.

The attack can be executed remotely over the network without requiring any authentication or user interaction. The changed scope impact indicates that exploitation could affect resources beyond the vulnerable component itself, potentially compromising the entire WordPress installation and underlying database.

Root Cause

The root cause of CVE-2025-69310 is the failure to implement proper input sanitization and parameterized queries within the Woodly Core plugin. User-controlled input is concatenated directly into SQL statements without adequate escaping or the use of prepared statements with bound parameters. WordPress provides the $wpdb->prepare() method specifically to prevent SQL injection, but this security control was not properly implemented in the affected code paths.

Attack Vector

The vulnerability is exploitable via network-based requests to the WordPress installation. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests containing SQL injection payloads targeting vulnerable parameters processed by the Woodly Core plugin. Since no authentication is required, any remote attacker with network access to the WordPress site can attempt exploitation.

Blind SQL Injection techniques such as time-based inference (using SQL SLEEP() or BENCHMARK() functions) or boolean-based inference (observing different responses for true/false conditions) allow attackers to systematically extract database contents character by character. This includes WordPress user tables containing usernames, email addresses, and password hashes.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-69310

Indicators of Compromise

• Unusual database query execution times indicating time-based SQL injection attempts
• Repeated requests with SQL keywords such as UNION, SELECT, SLEEP, BENCHMARK, or encoded variants
• Error logs showing malformed SQL queries or database syntax errors
• High volume of requests to Woodly Core plugin endpoints with varying parameter values

Detection Strategies

• Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block common SQL injection patterns
• Monitor WordPress and web server access logs for requests containing SQL injection payloads
• Implement database query logging to identify anomalous or malicious SQL statements
• Use security plugins that provide real-time SQL injection detection capabilities

Monitoring Recommendations

• Enable verbose logging for the WordPress database abstraction layer during incident investigation
• Configure alerting for database queries with excessive execution times
• Monitor for failed login attempts that may follow successful credential extraction
• Review plugin access patterns for unusual request volumes to Woodly Core endpoints

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-69310

Immediate Actions Required

• Deactivate and remove the Woodly Core plugin immediately if running version 1.4 or earlier
• Audit the WordPress database for signs of unauthorized access or data extraction
• Reset all WordPress user passwords, especially administrator accounts
• Review and rotate any sensitive data stored in the WordPress database

Patch Information

Organizations should monitor the Patchstack vulnerability database for updates regarding a security patch from TeconceTheme. Until an official patch is released, the plugin should be removed from production environments. Contact TeconceTheme directly for information on remediation timelines.

Workarounds

• Remove the Woodly Core plugin entirely until a patched version is available
• Implement WAF rules to filter requests containing SQL injection patterns targeting the plugin
• Restrict network access to WordPress admin and plugin endpoints where possible
• Consider migrating to an alternative theme that does not require the vulnerable plugin

# WordPress CLI command to deactivate the vulnerable plugin
wp plugin deactivate woodly-core --path=/var/www/html/wordpress

# Verify plugin is deactivated
wp plugin list --status=inactive --path=/var/www/html/wordpress | grep woodly-core

# Optional: Remove the plugin entirely
wp plugin delete woodly-core --path=/var/www/html/wordpress