EUVD-2025-18521CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Suhas Surse WP Employee Attendance System allows Blind SQL Injection. This issue affects WP Employee Attendance System: from n/a through 3.5.
Analysis
Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in Suhas Surse WP Employee Attendance System affecting versions through 3.5, allowing authenticated attackers with high privileges to extract sensitive database information. While the CVSS score of 7.6 indicates moderate-to-high severity, the attack requires administrator-level credentials and the confidentiality impact is high; however, integrity and availability impacts are limited. No current KEV designation or widespread public POC availability has been reported, though the vulnerability's nature as SQL injection makes exploitation theoretically straightforward for skilled attackers.
Technical Context
This vulnerability exists in the WP Employee Attendance System WordPress plugin, a staffing/HR management tool. The root cause is CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), indicating the application fails to properly sanitize or parameterize user-supplied input before incorporating it into SQL queries. Blind SQL Injection differs from standard SQL injection in that error messages are suppressed; attackers must infer database structure and contents through time-based delays, boolean-based responses, or out-of-band channels. The affected product is a WordPress plugin (CPE likely: cpe:2.3:a:suhas_surse:wp_employee_attendance_system:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*), which operates in the context of a WordPress database backend (typically MySQL/MariaDB). The vulnerability likely resides in database query construction within attendance-related functionality, attendance reports, or employee data retrieval endpoints.
Affected Products
WP Employee Attendance System (3.5 and earlier)
Remediation
Immediate action: (1) Update WP Employee Attendance System to version 3.6 or later if available from the plugin repository; (2) If no patch is currently released, temporarily restrict administrator account access to trusted users only and audit admin account activity logs for suspicious database queries; (3) Implement WordPress security hardening—use security plugins (Wordfence, Sucuri) to monitor for SQL injection patterns in logs; (4) Code-level fix: the plugin developer must implement parameterized queries (prepared statements with placeholders) for all database operations, replacing direct query construction with parameterized methods (e.g., WordPress $wpdb->prepare() function). Recommendation: Check WordPress.org plugin repository and Suhas Surse's official channels for security advisories and patch release dates. Validate patches cryptographically before deployment in production.
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