In WP-Addpub plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 1.2.8 a medium severity vulnerability CVE-2025-5563 was detected. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to extract sensitive information from the database via SQL Injection through the wp-addpub shortcode, due to insufficient input escaping and improper SQL query preparation. Currently, there is no fix version for this issue. For more details, visit https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5563.
WordPress: Authenticated SQL Injection via wp-addpub Shortcode in WP-Addpub Plugin
by the Hossted team
09.06.2025