CVE-2025-48122

9.3 CRITICAL

📋 TL;DR

This SQL injection vulnerability in the Spreadsheet Price Changer plugin for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on affected WordPress sites. All WordPress installations using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected, potentially compromising the entire database.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light
Versions: n/a through 2.4.37
Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Affects WordPress sites with the vulnerable plugin installed and 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:
  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 leading to data theft, privilege escalation, remote code execution, and full site takeover.

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Likely Case

Database information disclosure, including user credentials, payment information, and sensitive business data.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper input validation and parameterized queries in place.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

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

SQL injection vulnerabilities are commonly weaponized quickly due to their high impact and relative ease of exploitation.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 2.4.38 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/excel-like-price-change-for-woocommerce-and-wp-e-commerce-light/vulnerability/wordpress-spreadsheet-price-changer-for-woocommerce-and-wp-e-commerce-light-2-4-37-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light'. 4. Update to version 2.4.38 or later. 5. Verify update completed successfully.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable vulnerable plugin

all

Temporarily deactivate the plugin until patched version is available

wp plugin deactivate excel-like-price-change-for-woocommerce-and-wp-e-commerce-light

Web Application Firewall rule

all

Add SQL injection detection rule to WAF

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Remove the plugin completely from production environment
  • Implement strict input validation and parameterized queries in custom code

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light' version

Check Version:

wp plugin get excel-like-price-change-for-woocommerce-and-wp-e-commerce-light --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify plugin version is 2.4.38 or higher in WordPress admin

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual SQL queries in database logs
  • Multiple failed login attempts from single IP
  • Unexpected database schema changes

Network Indicators:

  • SQL syntax in HTTP POST parameters
  • Unusual database connection patterns

SIEM Query:

source="web_server" AND ("sql" OR "union" OR "select" OR "insert") AND uri="*spreadsheet*"

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