CVE-2025-9451 json
Smartcat Translator for WPML <= 3.1.72 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via orderby Parameter
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-27646
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Smartcat Translator for WPML plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.72 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- smartcatai Smartcat Translator for WPML
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9ebc817-ccae-4ad2-8eea-eade1c2a1a0c?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/smartcat-wpml/trunk/includes/Services/App/Includes/TranslationRequestFinder.php#L30
- wordpress.org /plugins/smartcat-wpml/#developers
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3368366/
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-9451
- NVD CVE-2025-9451
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