CVE-2025-31099
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability affects the Slider by BestWebSoft WordPress plugin through version 1.1.0. The vulnerability was discovered and reported on March 24, 2025, and publicly disclosed on March 28, 2025 (Patchstack Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.6 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L. The issue is classified as CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) and requires administrator-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack Database).

Impact

This SQL injection vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrator privileges to directly interact with the database, potentially leading to unauthorized data access and information theft (Patchstack Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 1.1.1 or later of the Slider by BestWebSoft plugin to remediate this vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update functionality for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack Database).

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