Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-22652

High

Published: 27 March 2025

Published
27 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0053 67.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-22652 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89. It affects the WordPress plugin Payment Forms for Paystack, developed by kendysond under the package name payment-forms-for-paystack, in all versions from n/a through 4.0.1. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-27.

The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating exploitation is possible over the network with low complexity by high-privileged users, without requiring user interaction. Attackers can achieve high impact on confidentiality, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data, alongside low availability impact and a changed scope.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/payment-forms-for-paystack/vulnerability/wordpress-payment-forms-for-paystack-plugin-4-0-1-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-89

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application for unauthorized data access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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