{"id":56933,"date":"2025-07-03T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-09T02:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:35:51","slug":"cve-2025-23967-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-gg-bought-together-for-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23967-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-gg-bought-together-for-woocommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-23967: SQL Injection Vulnerability in GG Bought Together for WooCommerce<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving with new threats emerging daily, one of which is CVE-2025-23967. This vulnerability affects the wpopal GG Bought Together for WooCommerce plugin and could lead to potential system compromise and data leakage. This issue highlights the critical importance of proper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command to prevent an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46101-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-beakon-learning-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63563\">SQL Injection<\/a> exploitation.<br \/>\nThe vulnerability is particularly concerning as it affects a wide range of WooCommerce sites that use the <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=\"64886\">GG Bought Together<\/a> plugin, potentially putting a significant number of online stores and their customer data at risk. This blog post aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50213-special-element-injection-vulnerability-in-apache-airflow-providers-snowflake\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63982\">provide a detailed overview of the vulnerability<\/a>, its potential impact, and mitigation strategies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-23967<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.3)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5867-critical-vulnerability-in-rt-thread-5-1-0-leading-to-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63917\">System compromise and data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2966035857\" 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>wpopal GG Bought Together for WooCommerce | n\/a &#8211; 1.0.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability resides in the improper neutralization of special elements used in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44635-unauthorized-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-h3c-series-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63525\">SQL<\/a> command within the GG Bought Together for WooCommerce plugin. This allows an attacker to insert malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52921-critical-vulnerability-in-innoshop-allows-code-execution-by-authenticated-attackers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63513\">SQL<\/a> statements into an entry field for execution, potentially leading to unauthorized viewing, modification, or deletion of data within the database. This type of attack, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52822-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-iqonic-design-wp-roadmap\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63937\">SQL Injection<\/a>, is a common and potent threat to web applications that do not properly sanitize user input.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1186093577\" 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>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80056\">potential exploit<\/a> might look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/add-to-cart HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nproduct_id=1&#039; UNION SELECT user_pass FROM wp_users WHERE ID = 1 --<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the malicious payload &#8216;1&#8217; UNION SELECT user_pass FROM wp_users WHERE ID = 1 &#8212; is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43199-a-high-risk-permissions-issue-enabling-root-privileges-via-malicious-apps\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80993\">injected<\/a> via the product_id parameter. This could potentially return the hashed password of the first user in the wp_users table, typically the site admin, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-45347-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-xiaomi-mi-connect-service-app\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63578\">unauthorized access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommendations for Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best course of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7734-critical-gitlab-ce-ee-vulnerability-allows-unauthorized-actions-by-attackers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79534\">action to mitigate this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. In the interim, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These tools can help identify and block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-41691-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-os4ed-open-source-information-system-community\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64155\">SQL Injection<\/a> attempts, reducing the risk of exploitation.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s also good practice to ensure that all software, not just the GG Bought Together for WooCommerce plugin, is kept up-to-date with the latest patches and updates to reduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52709-high-risk-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-everest-forms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65255\">risk of vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving with new threats emerging daily, one of which is CVE-2025-23967. This vulnerability affects the wpopal GG Bought Together for WooCommerce plugin and could lead to potential system compromise and data leakage. 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