CVE-2025-31526
Published: 31 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-31526 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the Behance Portfolio Manager WordPress plugin (portfolio-manager-powered-by-behance) developed by eleopard. The issue impacts all versions from n/a through 1.7.5, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries into the application.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with low complexity by an authenticated user possessing low privileges, without requiring user interaction. Exploitation changes the scope, enabling high confidentiality impact such as unauthorized extraction of sensitive data from the database, alongside low availability disruption and no integrity impact.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/portfolio-manager-powered-by-behance/vulnerability/wordpress-behance-portfolio-manager-plugin-1-7-4-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin enables T1190 for remote exploitation and directly facilitates T1213.006 for unauthorized database data extraction.