Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain high-privilege WordPress account
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DeliveryReach vulnerable HashBar plugin parameter
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ExploitInject blind SQL payload
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ExecutionInfer data via boolean/time responses
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ImpactExfiltrate database records
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated WordPress session with high privileges (PR:H - an administrator or equivalent role able to reach the affected HashBar parameter) on a site running HashBar - WordPress Notification Bar version 2.0.3 or earlier. No user interaction is needed (UI:N) and the injection point is network-reachable, but exploitation is limited by the high-privilege authentication requirement and by the blind (inference-based) nature of the injection, which makes data extraction slow. Impact escalates to a separate system (S:C) only where the plugin's SQL executes against a database shared with other applications or holding secrets beyond the WordPress install. |
| Impact | The Patchstack-assigned CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L, 7.6) is the only quantitative signal available - there is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, no SSVC decision data, and no public exploit code referenced. The single most risk-limiting metric is PR:H: the blind SQL injection requires an already-authenticated high-privilege account (effectively an administrator or equivalent role that can reach the vulnerable plugin parameter), which sharply narrows the realistic threat to insider misuse, compromised-credential scenarios, or a chained privilege escalation. Given PR:H, the practical value of a raw SQLi here is modest - an admin can already read much of the site - so C:H mainly matters where the database holds secrets beyond WordPress (e.g., shared/multi-tenant DBs), which is why S:C (scope-changed to the database engine) is defensible. This is a genuine but NOT top-priority issue: high CVSS number driven by S:C/C:H, but the PR:H gate and absence of any exploitation evidence make it a patch-in-normal-cycle item rather than an emergency. Missing data explicitly noted: no EPSS, no KEV, no POC, and the exact vulnerable endpoint/parameter is not disclosed in the description (blind SQLi implies time/boolean-based inference). |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated high-privilege WordPress user (or an attacker who has captured such credentials) submits a crafted value to a HashBar plugin parameter that is concatenated into a SQL statement without neutralization, then uses boolean/time-based blind inference to extract database contents. No public proof-of-concept is referenced, and exploitation is bounded by the required high-privilege access and the slow, inference-based nature of blind SQLi. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 22, 2026
Blind SQL injection in the DevItems HashBar - WordPress Notification Bar plugin, affecting all versions through 2.0.3, lets an attacker who already holds a high-privilege WordPress session inject crafted SQL through a plugin parameter and infer database contents one bit at a time. Because the CVSS vector is PR:H, exploitation requires an administrator-equivalent account (or a role able to reach the affected HashBar parameter) rather than anonymous access, and the inference-based (blind) nature of the flaw means extraction is slow and noisy rather than a single-shot dump. There is no CISA KEV listing, no EPSS score, and no public exploit code referenced, so this is a post-authentication risk that is elevated mainly on sites where over-privileged accounts are shared or where the WordPress database holds data belonging to other applications - the vector's S:C scope change only materializes in that shared-database scenario.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version is identified in the available data - the only reference is the Patchstack advisory for 2.0.3, which does not state a corrected release, so verify the current plugin version and any newer changelog directly with DevItems before assuming a fix is available. Until a patched build is confirmed, the most effective compensating control is to disable or deactivate the HashBar - WordPress Notification Bar plugin if its notification bar functionality is not required, which removes the injection surface entirely at the cost of losing the notification feature. If the plugin must stay active, enforce strict least privilege: audit WordPress roles and remove administrator-level access from any account that does not genuinely need it, since exploitation requires PR:H credentials, and rotate credentials or sessions for accounts that may have been over-provisioned. Restrict wp-admin access by IP allowlisting or an administrative HTTP authentication layer, and deploy WAF rules targeting SQL metacharacters in the plugin's request parameters, accepting that signature-based filtering is bypassable and may generate false positives on legitimate admin traffic. Where the WordPress database is shared with other applications - the condition that makes the S:C scope change meaningful - separate the WordPress schema onto its own database instance or restrict its database user to the wp_* tables. Because the injection is blind, monitor database query latency and enable database and web server logging to spot inference-based probing, and treat any confirmed compromise as a full credential-rotation event rather than a single-record leak.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) in a WordPress plugin that builds database queries from user-supplied input without adequate parameterization or prepared statements. HashBar - WordPress Notification Bar is a notification/announcement bar plugin identified in the CPE data as cpe:2.3:a:devitems:hashbar_-_wordpress_notification_bar (all versions through 2.0.3). The injection is blind, meaning the application does not return query results or error output directly; the attacker instead observes boolean or timing differences in responses to reconstruct data. The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L describes network-reachable access with low attack complexity, a high-privilege prerequisite, no user interaction, a scope change (S:C) - which applies only where the affected SQL runs against a database shared with other applications or containing secrets beyond the WordPress install - high confidentiality impact, no integrity impact, and low availability impact. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV entry, and no referenced public exploit code for this CVE.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Blind SQLi needs a high-privilege authenticated account (PR:H); network-reachable with low complexity; DB read gives C:H, S:C reflects the separate database engine, minor A:L, no integrity impact stated.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in DevItems HashBar - WordPress Notification Bar allows Blind SQL Injection.
This issue affects HashBar - WordPress Notification Bar: from n/a through 2.0.3.
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Executive ViewAI
The DevItems HashBar WordPress Notification Bar plugin, in all versions through 2.0.3, exposes an authenticated high-privilege WordPress account to a blind SQL injection that can slowly infer database contents; no vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. For the organization, the primary concern is not anonymous exploitation but data exposure if administrator-equivalent credentials are shared or compromised, especially where the WordPress database contains information belonging to other applications. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, so leadership should prioritize access controls, plugin removal, and database isolation while tracking the vendor for a fixed version after 2.0.3.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: deactivate or remove DevItems HashBar Notification Bar through version 2.0.3 until a fixed version is available; restrict plugin access to least-privilege, non-shared WordPress administrators and enforce MFA; rotate administrator credentials and review roles; deploy WAF SQL injection protections and log the affected parameter; isolate the WordPress database from other applications/schemas and monitor for blind SQL injection inference activity.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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