{"id":54466,"date":"2025-06-23T20:30:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T20:30:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-08T05:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:21:38","slug":"cve-2025-48274-critical-blind-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wp-job-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48274-critical-blind-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wp-job-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-48274: Critical Blind SQL Injection Vulnerability in WP Job Portal<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-48274 vulnerability is a severe security flaw that affects the WP Job Portal, a popular WordPress plugin used by many organizations for job management and recruitment purposes. The vulnerability is categorised as an SQL Injection vulnerability, specifically a blind SQL Injection, which allows an attacker to manipulate SQL queries within the application to access, modify or delete data. Given the high CVSS Severity Score of 9.3, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40912-critical-vulnerability-in-cryptx-for-perl-allows-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60803\">potentially leading to system<\/a> compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-48274<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.3 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5978-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh1202-1-2-0-14-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61011\">system compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1244083343\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>WP Job Portal | n\/a through 2.3.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The WP Job Portal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5590-time-based-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-owl-carousel-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64892\">plugin is flawed in the way it handles SQL<\/a> queries, failing to properly neutralize special characters used in SQL commands. This allows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22455-local-authenticated-attacker-decrypts-stored-sql-credentials-in-ivanti-workspace-control\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60857\">attacker to manipulate SQL<\/a> commands and execute arbitrary SQL queries on the underlying database. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47172-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-sharepoint\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61098\">vulnerability is a blind SQL Injection<\/a>, meaning that the application does not return the results of the SQL queries, making detection and exploitation more complex, but not less dangerous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1666773539\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how this vulnerability might be exploited. This example shows a malicious HTTP POST request that includes an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6169-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wimp-website-co-construction-management-platform\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61480\">SQL injection<\/a> payload:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wpjobportal\/search HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nsearch={ &quot;search_keyword&quot;: &quot; &#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039;;-- &quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the `search_keyword` parameter is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24773-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wpcrm-crm-for-contact-form-cf7-woocommerce\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62324\">injected with an SQL<\/a> payload ` &#8216; OR &#8216;1&#8217;=&#8217;1&#8242;;&#8211; `. This payload modifies the SQL query such that it always returns true, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6436-critical-memory-safety-bugs-in-firefox-and-thunderbird-potentially-allowing-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64771\">potentially allowing<\/a> the attacker to retrieve all records from the targeted database table.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39486-rankie-sql-injection-vulnerability-and-mitigation-measures\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64772\">mitigate this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch as soon as it becomes available. Until then, a web application firewall (WAF) or an intrusion detection system (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation methods. These systems can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45984-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-detected-in-blink-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61345\">detect and block SQL Injection<\/a> attacks by monitoring SQL queries and blocking those that appear suspicious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-48274 vulnerability is a severe security flaw that affects the WP Job Portal, a popular WordPress plugin used by many organizations for job management and recruitment purposes. 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