CVE-2025-12061
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM WordPress plugin before 1.2.1 does not authorization and CSRF checks in an AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated users to import and execute arbitrary SQL statements
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM WordPress plugin before version 1.2.1 lacks authorization and CSRF protections on an AJAX action endpoint, enabling unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL statements directly against the database. This creates a critical SQL injection vulnerability with no authentication barrier.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins page and look for 'TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM' or 'electronic-hdm' in the plugins listAffected if Plugin appears in the installed plugins list
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Check the installed version of the pluginClick on the plugin in the WordPress plugins list to view its details, or inspect the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/electronic-hdm/electronic-hdm.php for the 'Version' fieldAffected if Version number is lower than 1.2.1 or no version is displayed (indicating an older release)
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Verify the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin > Plugins, confirm the plugin shows as 'Active' under its statusAffected if Plugin is currently activated
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Check if AJAX functionality is exposedInspect the plugin files (especially in includes/ or ajax/ folders) for wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks that handle SQL queries without capability checks or nonce verificationAffected if AJAX actions are registered with add_action('wp_ajax_...') or add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_...') and process user input directly in SQL queries without sanitization
The environment is affected if the TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM plugin is installed, activated, and running a version earlier than 1.2.1.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade to version 1.2.1 or later which should include proper authorization checks, nonce verification, and SQL input sanitization. If immediate upgrade is not possible, disable the plugin until patched.
Version 1.2.1 or later of the TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM WordPress plugin
- Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate the 'TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM' plugin
- Check the current version of the plugin
- If the version is earlier than 1.2.1, click 'Update now' to upgrade to the latest version
- Alternatively, download version 1.2.1 or later from a trusted source and upload/install it manually
- After updating, verify the plugin is now running version 1.2.1 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-12061 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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