CVE-2025-22352 – This SQL injection vulnerability in the ELEX Wo... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2025-22352?

CVE-2025-22352 has a CVSS score of 7.6 (HIGH). This SQL injection vulnerability in the ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on affected WordPress sites. It affects all versions up to 1.4.8, potentially enabling data theft, modification, or deletion. WordPress administrators using this plugin are at risk.

📋 TL;DR

This SQL injection vulnerability in the ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on affected WordPress sites. It affects all versions up to 1.4.8, potentially enabling data theft, modification, or deletion. WordPress administrators using this plugin are at risk.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes

Versions: All versions up to and including 1.4.8

Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Requires WordPress with WooCommerce installed and the vulnerable plugin activated

⚠️ 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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Recommended Actions:

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

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Worst Case

Complete database compromise including sensitive customer data (PII, payment info), administrative takeover, and website defacement

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Likely Case

Data exfiltration of customer information, product data manipulation, and potential privilege escalation

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only affecting non-sensitive data

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - WordPress sites are typically internet-facing and this plugin is used in e-commerce environments

🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - Internal WordPress installations could still be targeted via phishing or compromised internal accounts

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: UNKNOWN

Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No

Complexity: MEDIUM

Blind SQL injection suggests exploitation requires time-based or boolean-based techniques, increasing complexity

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Version after 1.4.8 (check vendor for specific version)

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic/vulnerability/wordpress-elex-woocommerce-advanced-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-plugin-1-4-8-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available, or download latest version from WordPress repository. 5. Activate updated plugin.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable vulnerable plugin

WordPress

Temporarily disable the plugin until patched

wp plugin deactivate elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic

Web Application Firewall (WAF)

all

Implement WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Implement strict input validation and parameterized queries in custom code
Restrict database user permissions to minimum required for plugin functionality

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'ELEX WooCommerce Advanced Bulk Edit' version 1.4.8 or earlier

Check Version:

wp plugin get elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify plugin version is greater than 1.4.8 in WordPress admin panel

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Unusual SQL queries in WordPress/database logs
Multiple failed login attempts followed by plugin-specific requests
Unexpected database schema changes

Network Indicators:

HTTP POST requests with SQL syntax in parameters
Unusual traffic patterns to plugin-specific endpoints

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress.log" AND ("elex" OR "bulk-edit") AND ("SELECT", "UNION", "INSERT", "DELETE", "UPDATE" in request_body)

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-22352

CVSS v3 Score: 7.6 (HIGH)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

CWE: CWE-89

EPSS Score: 2.94% exploit probability (86.1th percentile)

Published: January 7, 2025

Last Updated: January 7, 2025

🔗 References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/elex-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-for-woocommerce-basic/vulnerability/wordpress-elex-woocommerce-advanced-bulk-edit-products-prices-attributes-plugin-1-4-8-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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