Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-10726

Critical

Published: 03 October 2025

Published
03 October 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0022 45.1th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-10726 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 45.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-10726 is an SQL injection vulnerability in the WPRecovery plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.0. The flaw arises from insufficient escaping of the user-supplied 'data[id]' parameter and inadequate preparation of the existing SQL query, allowing attackers to append malicious SQL payloads.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity, as indicated by its CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H). Successful exploitation enables appending additional SQL queries to extract sensitive information from the database. Additionally, the injection result is passed directly to PHP's unlink() function, permitting deletion of arbitrary files on the server via injected file paths.

Advisories reference vulnerable code locations in the plugin source, including delete_backup.php and index.php files accessible via WordPress plugin SVN and Trac repositories. Further details are available in the Wordfence threat intelligence report at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15880d3b-87de-4b59-878c-e36e73c45e8a?source=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The WPRecovery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'data[id]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the…

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existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Additionally, the result of this SQL injection is passed directly to PHP's unlink() function, allowing attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server by injecting file paths through the SQL query.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
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Why these techniques?

CVE enables exploitation of public-facing WordPress plugin (T1190), SQL injection for database data extraction (T1213.006), and arbitrary file deletion via unlink() (T1070.004).

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

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Affected Assets

Wordpress
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly prevents SQL injection by requiring validation and sanitization of the user-supplied 'data[id]' parameter before inclusion in SQL queries.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Addresses the core flaw in WPRecovery plugin versions up to 2.0 through timely identification, patching, or removal to eliminate the SQL injection vulnerability.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
prevent

Vulnerability scanning detects the presence of the vulnerable WPRecovery plugin, enabling proactive remediation to prevent exploitation.

References