CVE-2025-9587
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The CTL Behance Importer Lite WordPress plugin through version 1.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-9587. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 2, 2025, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0. This security flaw exists due to improper sanitization and escaping of parameters in SQL statements that are accessible through AJAX actions to unauthenticated users (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a SQL injection (CWE-89) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 MEDIUM (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N). The flaw can be exploited via an AJAX action endpoint 'ctl-behance-importer-lite' where a parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries. A proof of concept demonstrates exploitation using a POST request to 'wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' with specific payload parameters (WPScan, CISA-ADP).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks against the affected WordPress installations. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to the database, data theft, and manipulation of stored information (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Website administrators using the CTL Behance Importer Lite plugin should consider disabling or removing the plugin until a security patch is released (WPScan).

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