The Smartcat Translator for WPML plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.69 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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Thu, 11 Sep 2025 07:30:00 +0000

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Description The Smartcat Translator for WPML plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.69 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Title Smartcat Translator for WPML <= 3.1.69 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via orderby Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-89
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-11T07:24:59.052Z

Reserved: 2025-08-25T14:10:58.778Z

Link: CVE-2025-9451

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-09-11T08:15:36.743

Modified: 2025-09-11T08:15:36.743

Link: CVE-2025-9451

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