Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-28898

Critical

Published: 26 March 2025

Published
26 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.2th percentile
Risk Priority 19 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-2025-28898 is an SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89), stemming from improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, in the WP Multistore Locator plugin (wp-multi-store-locator) developed by WPExperts.io for WordPress. Published on 2025-03-26, it affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 2.5.2 and carries 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).

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation grants high confidentiality impact, such as potential unauthorized access to sensitive database information, alongside low availability impact and a changed scope.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this vulnerability and mitigation steps: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-multi-store-locator/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-multistore-locator-plugin-2-5-2-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 unauthenticated public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of internet-facing web applications for database data access.

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

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