Click & Pledge Connect <= 25.04010101-WP6.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection to Privilege Escalation
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 25.07000000-WP6.8.1
- Affected Plugin
- Click & Pledge CONNECT
- Affected Version
<= 25.04010101-WP6.8- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2025-28983
At a glance
CVE-2025-28983 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Click & Pledge CONNECT WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 25.04010101-WP6.8. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 25.07000000-WP6.8.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2025, reported by Martino Spagnuolo.
Vulnerability Overview
The Click & Pledge Connect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in all versions up to, and including, 25.04010101-WP6.8 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This can be exploited to achieve privilege escalation to an administrator.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Reaching this weakness in Click & Pledge CONNECT <= 25.04010101-WP6.8 takes no account at all. SQL injection happens when request data is concatenated into a query instead of being bound as a parameter, letting an attacker change the structure of the statement rather than just its values.
A working injection can read any table the database user can see, which on a WordPress install means user records, password hashes and session or API secrets stored in options. For Click & Pledge CONNECT the fix is 25.07000000-WP6.8.1: builds <= 25.04010101-WP6.8 are affected, anything from 25.07000000-WP6.8.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 25.07000000-WP6.8.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Click & Pledge CONNECT 25.07000000-WP6.8.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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