# CVE-2019-25222: Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Thumbnail carousel slider plugin to extract sensitive database information.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mjv9-fw9q-98gx

## What is CVE-2019-25222?

CVE-2019-25222 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in nik00726 Thumbnail carousel slider, published on 15 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Thumbnail carousel slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25222?

It affects 1 product.


Products: I13websolution Thumbnail Carousel Slider.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25222?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25222 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in nik00726 Thumbnail carousel slider

- [CVE-2015-10144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-10144/): Responsive Thumbnail Slider < 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-1915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1915/): Thumbnail carousel slider < 1.1.10 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-2120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2120/): Thumbnail carousel slider <= 1.1.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-5821](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5821/): Cross-site request forgery in Thumbnail carousel slider (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25222 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25222 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in nik00726 Thumbnail carousel slider, published on 15 Mar 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25222 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nik00726 Thumbnail carousel slider. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25222/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25222/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25222
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25222
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25222

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25222/
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