CVE-2025-28904
Published: 25 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-28904 is an improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, classified as a blind SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89), affecting the Shamalli Web Directory Free (web-directory-free) WordPress plugin. This issue impacts all versions from unknown starting points through 1.7.6, as published on 2025-03-25.
The vulnerability enables exploitation by unauthenticated attackers (PR:N) over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful attacks result in high confidentiality impact (C:H) through data extraction, low availability impact (A:L), no integrity impact (I:N), and a changed scope (S:C), yielding a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/web-directory-free/vulnerability/wordpress-web-directory-free-plugin-1-7-6-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the SQL injection vulnerability in Web Directory Free plugin version 1.7.6 for WordPress.
Details
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
The CVE describes a blind SQL injection vulnerability in a publicly accessible WordPress plugin, directly enabling exploitation of public-facing applications for initial access and data extraction.