---
id: CVE-2025-5017
title: >-
  The Catalyst Connect Zoho CRM Client Portal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable
  to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘uid’ parameter in all versions up to, and
  including, 2.2.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter
  an…
summary: >-
  The Catalyst Connect Zoho CRM Client Portal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable
  to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘uid’ parameter in all versions up to, and
  including, 2.2.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter
  an…
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: '2026-07-11'
updated: '2026-07-11'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5017'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/BFS-Lab/BFSDV/blob/main/client%20portal%20SQL%20injection-1.md
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://wordpress.org/plugins/catalyst-connect-client-portal/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/37ce28de-f41d-42f8-8467-0af5e643a739?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00428
epssPercentile: 0.3666
ingestedAt: '2026-07-11T23:16:20.628Z'
---

## Overview

The Catalyst Connect Zoho CRM Client Portal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘uid’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0 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 and above, 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.