---
id: CVE-2025-14050
title: >-
  The Design Import/Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection
  via XML File Import in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 due to
  insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient
  preparation on …
summary: >-
  The Design Import/Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection
  via XML File Import in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 due to
  insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient
  preparation on …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-89
published: '2025-12-13'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T20:10:01.970'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14050'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/design-import-export/tags/2.2/includes/importer.php#L162
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/design-import-export/trunk/includes/importer.php#L162
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3416324'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/beb489d3-2c1b-4af5-b73e-126d2526e0a3?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00317
epssPercentile: 0.22495
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T20:46:46.928Z'
---

## Overview

The Design Import/Export plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via XML File Import in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 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 administrator-level access, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.