CVE-2025-58628

9.3 CRITICAL

📋 TL;DR

This SQL injection vulnerability in the Miraculous WordPress theme allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the application. It affects all WordPress sites using the Miraculous theme, potentially exposing database contents including user credentials and sensitive data.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • WordPress Miraculous Theme
Versions: All versions up to 2.0.9
Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Affects WordPress installations with the Miraculous theme active. The vulnerability is in the theme code itself.

⚠️ 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, and potential remote code execution via database functions.

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Likely Case

Data extraction from the WordPress database including user credentials, sensitive content, and potentially administrative access.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, though SQL injection attempts would still be logged.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH - WordPress themes are typically internet-facing and this vulnerability requires no authentication.
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - Internal WordPress installations could still be exploited by internal threat actors.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ⚠️ Yes
Weaponized: LIKELY
Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes
Complexity: LOW

SQL injection vulnerabilities in WordPress themes are commonly exploited. The Patchstack reference suggests exploit details are publicly available.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 2.1.0 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/miraculous/vulnerability/wordpress-miraculous-theme-2-0-9-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes. 3. Check for Miraculous theme updates. 4. Update to version 2.1.0 or later. 5. If no update available, switch to a different theme immediately.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Miraculous Theme

all

Switch to a different WordPress theme to remove the vulnerable code.

Web Application Firewall Rules

all

Implement WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting WordPress themes.

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Implement strict input validation and parameterized queries in theme code
  • Restrict database user permissions to minimum required access

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin panel > Appearance > Themes for Miraculous theme version. If version is 2.0.9 or earlier, you are vulnerable.

Check Version:

wp theme list --field=name,version --format=csv | grep miraculous

Verify Fix Applied:

After updating, verify theme version shows 2.1.0 or later in WordPress admin panel.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual SQL queries in WordPress/database logs
  • Multiple failed login attempts from single IP
  • Requests with SQL syntax in URL parameters

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests containing SQL keywords (SELECT, UNION, etc.) to theme-specific endpoints
  • Unusual database connection patterns

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress.log" AND ("miraculous" OR "theme") AND ("sql" OR "union" OR "select" OR "--" OR "' OR '")

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