CVE-2025-62015 is an SQL Injection vulnerability identified in the Advanced Coupons for WooCommerce Coupons plugin developed by Josh Kohlbach, affecting versions up to and including 4.6.8. The vulnerability arises from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL code. This flaw can be exploited remotely over the network but requires the attacker to have high privileges (authenticated user with elevated rights) and does not require user interaction. The vulnerability's CVSS score is 7.6 (high), reflecting its significant impact on confidentiality and partial impact on integrity, with no effect on availability. The vulnerability could allow attackers to extract sensitive data from the underlying database, potentially exposing customer information, coupon codes, or other business-critical data. The scope is considered changed (S:C), indicating that exploitation could affect resources beyond the initially compromised component. Currently, no public exploits are known, but the risk remains substantial given the plugin's widespread use in WooCommerce-based e-commerce sites. The vulnerability was reserved on October 7, 2025, and published on October 22, 2025, with no patch links available yet, indicating that remediation may still be pending. The plugin is widely used in online retail environments, making this a critical concern for e-commerce security.

For European organizations, particularly those operating e-commerce platforms using WooCommerce with the Advanced Coupons plugin, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to the confidentiality of customer and business data. Successful exploitation could lead to unauthorized data disclosure, including sensitive customer information and coupon data, potentially resulting in financial loss, reputational damage, and regulatory non-compliance under GDPR. The integrity impact is limited but could allow attackers to manipulate coupon data, potentially enabling fraudulent transactions or discount abuse. Availability is not impacted, so service disruption is unlikely. Given the high adoption of WooCommerce in Europe, especially in countries with mature e-commerce markets, the threat could affect a broad range of small to medium-sized enterprises. The requirement for high privileges limits exploitation to insiders or compromised accounts, but this does not eliminate risk, as credential theft or privilege escalation attacks are common. The absence of known exploits in the wild suggests a window for proactive mitigation before widespread attacks occur.

1. Monitor official sources and the plugin vendor for patches and apply updates immediately once available. 2. In the interim, restrict access to the plugin’s administrative interfaces to trusted users only and enforce strong authentication and authorization controls to prevent privilege escalation. 3. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block SQL injection patterns targeting the plugin’s endpoints. 4. Conduct a thorough audit of user privileges to ensure no unnecessary high-level access is granted. 5. Employ database query parameterization and input validation as a custom mitigation if modifying plugin code is feasible. 6. Regularly review logs for suspicious SQL queries or anomalous behavior indicative of attempted exploitation. 7. Educate administrators and developers about the risks of SQL injection and secure coding practices to prevent similar vulnerabilities. 8. Consider isolating the WooCommerce environment or using containerization to limit the blast radius in case of compromise.