CVE-2025-22785

9.3 CRITICAL

📋 TL;DR

This SQL injection vulnerability in the ComMotion Course Booking System WordPress plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the database. All WordPress sites running vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected, potentially exposing sensitive data.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • ComMotion Course Booking System WordPress Plugin
Versions: n/a through 6.0.5
Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: WordPress sites with this plugin installed and activated are vulnerable.

⚠️ 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:
  1. Review the CVE details at NVD
  2. Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
  3. Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
  4. Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Complete database compromise including user credentials, personal data, and administrative access leading to site takeover.

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Likely Case

Data exfiltration of booking information, user details, and potentially WordPress credentials.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions restricting damage to non-sensitive data.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: LIKELY
Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes
Complexity: LOW

SQL injection vulnerabilities are commonly exploited with automated tools.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 6.0.6 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/course-booking-system/vulnerability/wordpress-course-booking-system-plugin-6-0-5-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Course Booking System' and click 'Update Now'. 4. Verify update to version 6.0.6 or higher.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Plugin

all

Temporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched

wp plugin deactivate course-booking-system

Web Application Firewall

all

Deploy 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 access

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Course Booking System version

Check Version:

wp plugin get course-booking-system --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Confirm plugin version is 6.0.6 or higher in WordPress admin

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual SQL error messages in WordPress debug logs
  • Multiple failed SQL queries from single IP

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests with SQL keywords in parameters
  • Unusual database connection patterns

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress.log" AND "SQL syntax" AND "course-booking"

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