CVE-2025-31561
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 CodeSolz Ultimate Push Notifications ultimate-push-notifications allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Ultimate Push Notifications: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.
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 · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in CodeSolz Ultimate Push Notifications WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL commands through unsanitized input parameters, potentially enabling data exfiltration or database compromise.
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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 plugin installationAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and locate 'Ultimate Push Notifications' by CodeSolz. Note the installed version displayed.Affected if Plugin is installed and active without having applied any security patches
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Check plugin version against patch statusCompare your installed version number to the official CodeSolz repository or plugin changelog to determine if a patched version has been released.Affected if No patched version is available or your version predates any security fix
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Identify vulnerable input pointsReview plugin source code in wp-content/plugins/ folder for database query functions (select, insert, update, delete) that process user-supplied input without using $wpdb->prepare() or equivalent sanitization.Affected if Code contains SQL queries that directly incorporate request parameters (GET, POST, or user meta) without prepared statements
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Test for SQL injection exposureIf you have access to the plugin code, search for hooks or AJAX endpoints that handle notification-related parameters (such as subscriber IDs, message content, or campaign IDs) and trace whether these inputs flow into raw SQL queries.Affected if User-controllable parameters are passed directly into database queries without sanitization
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Audit database access controlsExamine WordPress database user privileges and ensure the database user configured in wp-config.php has only the minimum required permissions (no DROP, ALTER, or unnecessary table access).Affected if Database user has excessive privileges that could allow an attacker to escalate SQL injection impact
Your environment is affected if the Ultimate Push Notifications plugin is installed and active with a version that has not yet received a security patch addressing SQL injection, or if the plugin code contains unsanitized SQL queries processing user input.
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 a patched version of the plugin once available, or apply custom input validation/sanitization to the vulnerable parameters; for WordPress plugins, use $wpdb->prepare() with parameterized queries.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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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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