allhart Code Clone Plugin up to 0.9 on WordPress snippetId sql injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in allhart Code Clone Plugin up to 0.9 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument snippetId leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-2478. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in allhart Code Clone Plugin up to 0.9 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument snippetId with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Code Clone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘snippetId’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.9 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 Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

The weakness was disclosed by Hoang Phuc Vo. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-2478 since 03/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• allhart

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• Code Clone Plugin

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• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9

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