CVE-2025-14770
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress Shipping Rate By Cities plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through the 'city' parameter. Attackers can extract sensitive database information including user credentials, payment details, and other confidential data. All WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 2.0.0 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Shipping Rate By Cities 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 data exfiltration, privilege escalation, and potential site takeover via credential theft.
Likely Case
Extraction of sensitive user data, plugin configuration details, and potentially WordPress user credentials.
If Mitigated
Limited information disclosure if database permissions are properly restricted and sensitive data is encrypted.
🎯 Exploit Status
SQL injection via GET/POST parameters is straightforward for attackers with basic SQL knowledge.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2.0.1 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shipping-rate-by-cities/trunk/shiprate-cities-method-class.php
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Shipping Rate By Cities' and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify version is 2.0.1 or higher.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate shipping-rate-by-cities
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock SQL injection patterns targeting the city parameter
ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS:city "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict input validation for all city parameter inputs
- Deploy web application firewall with SQL injection protection rules
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Shipping Rate By Cities → Version. If version is 2.0.0 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get shipping-rate-by-cities --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 2.0.1 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple requests with SQL keywords in city parameter
- Requests to shipping rate endpoints with suspicious payloads
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL injection patterns in GET/POST parameters
- Unusual database query patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("city=UNION" OR "city=SELECT" OR "city=INSERT" OR "city=UPDATE" OR "city=DELETE")