WordPress Hover Effects plugin <= 2.1.2 - SQL Injection Vulnerability

published 2025-06-27 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-19396

cvss: 7.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Wow-Company Hover Effects hover-effects allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Hover Effects: from n/a through <= 2.1.2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Wow-Company Hover Effects 2.1.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 16 mo ago (2025-06-27)

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L

Affected products

Wow-Company Hover Effects

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/hover-effects/vulnerability/wordpress-hover-effects-plugin-2-1-2-sql-injection-vuln
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-53258
NVD CVE-2025-53258

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary