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A vulnerability has been found in EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup Plugin up to 5.25.11 on WordPress and classified as problematic. The impacted element is the function SQLREPORT of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-6462. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup Plugin up to 5.25.11 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function SQLREPORT of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's SQLREPORT shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 5.25.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The weakness was disclosed by Gilang Asra Bilhadi. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-6462 since 06/20/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 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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• Backup Software

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• EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup Plugin

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• 5.25.0
• 5.25.1
• 5.25.2
• 5.25.3
• 5.25.4
• 5.25.5
• 5.25.6
• 5.25.7
• 5.25.8
• 5.25.9
• 5.25.10
• 5.25.11

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