{"id":85955,"date":"2025-12-04T03:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:48:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T06:00:00","slug":"cve-2025-46252-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-kofimokome-message-filter-for-contact-form-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46252-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-kofimokome-message-filter-for-contact-form-7\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-46252: SQL Injection Vulnerability in kofimokome Message Filter for Contact Form 7<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-46252 vulnerability affects the Message Filter for Contact Form 7, a popular plugin for WordPress websites. It involves an SQL Injection vulnerability, which could potentially allow attackers to manipulate SQL queries leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information. This vulnerability could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage, making its mitigation a high-priority task.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-46252<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.6)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Potential system compromise or data leakage. A successful exploit may allow unauthorized access to sensitive information, system compromise, and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3434217259\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>kofimokome Message Filter for Contact Form 7 | n\/a through 1.6.3.2<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This SQL Injection vulnerability stems from the improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command within the Message Filter for Contact Form 7. An attacker can send specially crafted data through the contact form, which the application includes in an SQL query without proper sanitization. This allows the attacker to manipulate the query to extract, alter, or delete data from the database or potentially gain administrative access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-478107056\" 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>Consider the following conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. Let&#8217;s assume the attacker sends the following data through the contact form:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/contact\/form HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nname=John&amp;email=john@example.com&amp;message=hello&#039;; DROP TABLE users; --<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker attempts to inject `&#8217;hello&#8217;; DROP TABLE users; &#8211;` as the message, which if processed improperly, could lead to the execution of the SQL command `DROP TABLE users`, leading to the deletion of the &#8216;users&#8217; table from the database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-46252 vulnerability affects the Message Filter for Contact Form 7, a popular plugin for WordPress websites. It involves an SQL Injection vulnerability, which could potentially allow attackers to manipulate SQL queries leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information. 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