2026-02-07 8:26CVE-2025-15477Wordfence
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-89

The Bucketlister <= 0.1.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via `category` and `id` Shortcode Attributes

The Bucketlister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode `category` and `id` attributes in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Problem type

Affected products

simonfairbairn

The Bucketlister

<= 0.1.5 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-5m24-m65h-vc6r

The Bucketlister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode ...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m24-m65h-vc6r

The Bucketlister plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode category and id attributes in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2025-15477
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