CVE-2025-31526
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 eleopard Behance Portfolio Manager portfolio-manager-powered-by-behance allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Behance Portfolio Manager: from n/a through <= 1.7.5.
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 the eleopard Behance Portfolio Manager WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious SQL commands via unsanitized user input in affected parameters. The vulnerability exists in versions up to and including 1.7.5, where the application fails to properly neutralize special characters in SQL queries.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 Behance Portfolio Manager plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and check if 'Behance Portfolio Manager' by eleopard is installed and active, or inspect the wp-content/plugins directory for a folder containing 'behance' or 'eleopard'Affected if The plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin file (usually behance-portfolio-manager.php or similar in wp-content/plugins/) and locate the version header comment or the 'Version' constant defined in the plugin metadataAffected if The version number is 1.7.5 or lower (any version up to and including 1.7.5)
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Verify the plugin exposes user input parametersReview the plugin source code for $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST superglobals being used in database queries without proper sanitization, or test common parameter names (search, id, user_id, portfolio_id) on the frontend pages where the plugin is activeAffected if The plugin accepts user-supplied parameters that are used directly in SQL queries without prepared statements or escaping
The environment is affected if Behance Portfolio Manager plugin versions up to 1.7.5 are installed and the plugin handles user input in SQL queries without sanitization.
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 dataUpgrade to a patched version of Behance Portfolio Manager if available; otherwise, implement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database interactions and apply input validation on all user-supplied data before using it in SQL queries.
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