CVE-2025-68054
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in the LambertGroup CountDown With Image or Video Background WordPress plugin allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the plugin's input parameters. It affects all WordPress sites running the plugin version 1.5 or earlier. Successful exploitation could lead to data theft, modification, or complete database compromise.
💻 Affected Systems
- LambertGroup CountDown With Image or Video Background 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 including sensitive user data, admin credential theft, arbitrary code execution via database functions, and potential site takeover.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of WordPress user credentials, plugin settings, and potentially sensitive content stored in the database.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and parameterized queries in place, potentially only error messages or minor data exposure.
🎯 Exploit Status
Blind SQL injection suggests exploitation requires inference techniques but automated tools exist for this vulnerability class.
🛠️ 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 'CountDown With Image or Video Background'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update, deactivate and delete plugin, then install fresh version from WordPress repository.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin to prevent exploitation
wp plugin deactivate countdown_with_background
Web Application Firewall Rules
linuxImplement WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting this plugin
ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS "(?i:(union|select|insert|update|delete|drop|create).*?from)" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403,msg:'SQLi attempt detected'"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately deactivate and remove the plugin from production systems
- Implement network segmentation to isolate affected WordPress instances from sensitive databases
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel → Plugins → CountDown With Image or Video Background → Version numberCheck Version:
wp plugin get countdown_with_background --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.6 or higher in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in WordPress debug logs
- Multiple failed SQL queries with similar patterns
- Requests to plugin endpoints with SQL keywords in parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL injection payloads to /wp-content/plugins/countdown_with_background/ endpoints
- Unusual database connection patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("countdown_with_background" OR "CVE-2025-68054") AND ("SQL" OR "database error" OR "union select" OR "sleep(")