CVE-2025-28972 (GCVE-0-2025-28972)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-17 15:01 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:11
VLAI
Title
WordPress WP Employee Attendance System plugin <= 3.5 - SQL Injection Vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Suhas Surse WP Employee Attendance System wp-employee-attendance-system allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects WP Employee Attendance System: from n/a through <= 3.5.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Suhas Surse WP Employee Attendance System Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.5 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:36
Credits
Hiro (Code016Hiro) | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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