AIOSEO Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress orderBy sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in AIOSEO Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation of the argument orderBy causes sql injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-1264. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in AIOSEO Broken Link Checker Plugin up to 1.2.3 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument orderBy with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'orderBy' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 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 Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-1264 since 02/12/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/06/2025). 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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• AIOSEO

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• Broken Link Checker Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3

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