Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-14541

HighRCE

Published: 11 February 2026

Published
11 February 2026
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0039 60.7th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-14541 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 39.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2025-14541 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Lucky Wheel Giveaway plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.22. The issue stems from the plugin executing PHP's eval() function on the user-controlled conditional_tags parameter without proper validation or sanitization, enabling arbitrary code execution on the server.

Authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability remotely. Exploitation requires network access and low complexity but no user interaction, resulting in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected in its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H) and association with CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code).

Mitigation is addressed in the patch committed to the WordPress plugins trac at changeset 3439141 for the wp-lucky-wheel trunk. Further details on the vulnerability and remediation are provided in the Wordfence threat intelligence advisory.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Lucky Wheel Giveaway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.22 via the conditional_tags parameter. This is due to the plugin using PHP's eval() function on user-controlled input without proper…

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validation or sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

CWE(s)

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.
Why these techniques?

Direct RCE in public-facing WordPress plugin via unsanitized eval() on user input, matching Exploit Public-Facing Application.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

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

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation and sanitization of the conditional_tags parameter before it reaches eval().

prevent

Mandates timely application of the vendor patch (changeset 3439141) that removes the unsafe eval() call.

prevent

Restricts use of dangerous PHP language features such as eval() on production WordPress servers.

References