CVE-2025-22349: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A SQL Injection vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Auction Plugin affecting versions up to and including 3.7. The vulnerability was identified on January 3, 2025, and was assigned CVE-2025-22349. The issue was discovered by security researcher Hakiduck and affects the plugin developed by Owen Cutajar & Hyder Jaffari (WPScan, Patchstack).

The vulnerability stems from insufficient escaping of user-supplied parameters and inadequate preparation of SQL queries in the WordPress Auction Plugin. The issue has been classified as CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command). The vulnerability has received varying CVSS scores: a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.6 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L from Patchstack, and a CVSS score of 4.9 (Medium) from other sources (Patchstack, NVD).

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with editor-level access or higher to append additional SQL queries to existing ones, potentially enabling the extraction of sensitive information from the database. This could lead to unauthorized access to and manipulation of the database content (WPScan).

As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official fix has been released for the affected versions of the WordPress Auction Plugin. The vulnerability was initially reported on September 11, 2024, and an early warning was sent to Patchstack customers on January 3, 2025 (Patchstack).