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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-2478
CVE-2025-2478:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Code Clone plugin for WordPress contains a time-based SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-2478) discovered in all versions up to and including 0.9. The vulnerability was disclosed on March 21, 2025, and affects the 'snippetId' parameter due to insufficient escaping of user-supplied input and inadequate SQL query preparation (NVD, Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a SQL Injection (CWE-89) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.9 (Medium), vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The issue exists in the snippet-edit.php file where the 'snippetId' parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in database queries (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access to append additional SQL queries to existing ones, potentially enabling the extraction of sensitive information from the database (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of March 18, 2025, the Code Clone plugin has been closed and is not available for download. Users are advised to remove the plugin from their WordPress installations until a security fix is available (WordPress).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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