CVE-2025-5287: Likes and Dislikes Plugin <= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

7.5 CVSS

Description

The Likes and Dislikes Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'post' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-5287

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.5

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

Problem Types

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Affected Products

Vendor: erumfaham

Product: Likes and Dislikes Plugin

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.08% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 25.81% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5287
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ad19205d-d355-45d8-be5b-f8005459a8c7?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inprosysmedia-likes-dislikes-post/trunk/inprosysmedia-likes-dislikes-post.php#L76

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