CVE-2025-22652
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in kendysond Payment Forms for Paystack payment-forms-for-paystack allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Payment Forms for Paystack: from n/a through <= 4.0.1.
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 confidenceSQL Injection vulnerability in kendysond Payment Forms for Paystack plugin allows attackers to inject malicious SQL commands via unsanitized input fields in payment forms. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 4.0.1, potentially exposing sensitive payment and customer data in the database.
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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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
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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Confirm plugin installationNavigate to WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins section, and locate 'kendysond Payment Forms for Paystack' in the list of installed plugins. Alternatively, check the wp-content/plugins directory for a folder named 'kendysond-payment-forms-for-paystack' or similar.Affected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Identify installed versionIn WordPress admin, click on the plugin to view its details, or open the main plugin PHP file and look for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block. Compare the version number against the affected range.Affected if The installed version is 4.0.1 or any earlier version
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Verify payment form accessibilityVisit the frontend of the website where payment forms created with this plugin are published. Check if any payment forms are live and accessible to public visitors without authentication.Affected if Payment forms built with this plugin are publicly accessible and accepting user input
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Review database for SQL injection indicatorsExamine database logs, query logs, or web server logs for unusual SQL syntax, UNION SELECT statements, OR 1=1 patterns, or unexpected database errors that may indicate SQL injection attempts targeting payment form endpoints.Affected if Suspicious SQL patterns appear in database or application logs related to payment form submissions
A user is affected if the kendysond Payment Forms for Paystack plugin is installed with version 4.0.1 or earlier AND payment forms are publicly accessible on the site.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest patched version of the plugin. If no patch is available, implement parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database interactions, and add input validation and output encoding for all user-supplied form fields.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-22652 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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