CVE-2025-28986
📋 TL;DR
A Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability in the Webaholicson Epicwin WordPress plugin allows attackers to perform SQL injection attacks. This affects WordPress sites using Epicwin Plugin versions up to 1.5. Attackers can exploit this to manipulate database content without authentication.
💻 Affected Systems
- Webaholicson Epicwin 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 data theft, privilege escalation, site defacement, or complete site takeover.
Likely Case
Unauthorized data access, modification of plugin settings, or injection of malicious content into the database.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper CSRF protections and input validation in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
CSRF-to-SQLi chain makes exploitation straightforward. Attackers need to trick authenticated users into visiting malicious pages.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.6 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Epicwin Plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. If no update appears, download version 1.6+ from WordPress repository and manually update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Epicwin Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate epicwin
Implement CSRF Protection
allAdd WordPress nonce verification to plugin forms.
Add wp_nonce_field() and wp_verify_nonce() calls to plugin PHP files
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns
- Restrict plugin access to trusted IP addresses only
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Epicwin Plugin version 1.5 or earlier.Check Version:
wp plugin get epicwin --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 1.6 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual database queries in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple failed authentication attempts followed by plugin-specific requests
Network Indicators:
- POST requests to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with SQL patterns
- Requests containing UNION SELECT, INFORMATION_SCHEMA, or other SQL keywords
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("epicwin" OR "admin-ajax.php") AND ("union" OR "select" OR "information_schema")