CVE-2025-23931
Published: 22 January 2025
Description
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-23931 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that enables Blind SQL Injection in the WordPress plugin Local SEO (dh-local-seo) by Oliver Fuhrmann. The flaw affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.3 inclusive.
With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), the vulnerability is exploitable over the network by unauthenticated remote attackers requiring low complexity and no user interaction. Attackers can achieve high confidentiality impact by extracting sensitive data from the database through blind SQL injection techniques, alongside low availability impact and changed scope, but without integrity impact.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dh-local-seo/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-local-seo-plugin-2-3-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress Local SEO plugin version 2.3. Practitioners should review the advisory for specific mitigation recommendations.
Details
- CWE(s)
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and facilitates extraction of sensitive data from the database via blind SQL queries (T1213.006).