CVE-2025-10289
📋 TL;DR
The Filter & Grids WordPress plugin contains an SQL injection vulnerability in all versions up to 3.2.0. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this to extract sensitive information from the database by injecting malicious SQL through the 'phrase' parameter. This affects WordPress sites using the vulnerable plugin on MariaDB databases.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Filter & Grids plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including extraction of user credentials, sensitive content, and potential privilege escalation through data manipulation.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of sensitive information such as user emails, hashed passwords, and private content from the database.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and parameterized queries preventing successful exploitation.
🎯 Exploit Status
SQL injection via 'phrase' parameter requires no authentication and has simple exploitation pattern.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 3.2.1 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Filter & Grids' plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 3.2.1+ from WordPress repository and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the Filter & Grids plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate ymc-smart-filter
Web Application Firewall rule
allBlock SQL injection patterns targeting the 'phrase' parameter
ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS:phrase "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation for the 'phrase' parameter to allow only alphanumeric characters
- Deploy a web application firewall with SQL injection detection rules
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Filter & Grids version. If version is 3.2.0 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get ymc-smart-filter --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 3.2.1 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries containing UNION, SELECT, or database functions in 'phrase' parameter
- Multiple failed SQL syntax errors from same IP
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests with SQL injection payloads in 'phrase' parameter
- Unusual database query patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_query="*phrase=*UNION*" OR uri_query="*phrase=*SELECT*" OR uri_query="*phrase=*' OR '1'='1*")