CVE-2025-10649
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the Welcart e-Commerce WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher to inject malicious SQL queries via cookie manipulation. Attackers can extract sensitive information from the database, including user credentials, payment details, and other confidential data. All WordPress sites using Welcart e-Commerce plugin versions up to 2.11.21 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Welcart e-Commerce WordPress 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 leading to theft of all customer data, payment information, administrative credentials, and potential site takeover.
Likely Case
Extraction of sensitive user data, administrative credentials, and potential privilege escalation to gain full site control.
If Mitigated
Limited data exposure if proper input validation and least privilege principles are implemented.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires authenticated access and cookie manipulation skills. No public exploit code available at this time.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.11.22
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3374119/usc-e-shop
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Welcart e-Commerce plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, download version 2.11.22+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Input Sanitization
WordPressAdd custom input validation for cookie parameters in WordPress functions.php
Add custom sanitization filters for $_COOKIE variables in theme's functions.php
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict user roles to only necessary privileges, removing Author-level access from untrusted users
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns in cookie parameters
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Welcart e-Commerce version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin list --name='Welcart e-Commerce' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 2.11.22 or higher in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful Author-level access
- Unexpected database queries containing UNION SELECT or other SQL injection patterns
Network Indicators:
- Unusual cookie parameter manipulation in HTTP requests
- Multiple requests with encoded SQL characters in cookies
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("UNION SELECT" OR "information_schema" OR "sleep(") AND cookie_parameter=*