CVE-2025-13652 CBX Bookmark & Favorite <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via `orderby` Parameter
Authenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in the CBX Bookmark & Favorite plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13652?
CVE-2025-13652 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in manchumahara CBX Bookmark & Favorite, published on 6 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The CBX Bookmark & Favorite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13652?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13652?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2025-13652 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13652 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-54pm-phpw-phg8.