Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22348

High

Published: 07 January 2025

Published
07 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.0th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22348 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32.0th 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-2025-22348 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that enables Blind SQL Injection in the DynamicTags plugin for WordPress, developed by rtowebsites. This flaw affects all versions of the DynamicTags plugin up to and including 1.4.0, as documented in the CVE description published on 2025-01-07.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network by an attacker with low privileges, such as an authenticated user, using low-complexity techniques without requiring user interaction. Exploitation allows the attacker to achieve high confidentiality impact by extracting sensitive data from the underlying database through blind SQL injection methods, with a changed scope, no integrity impact, and low availability impact.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dynamictags/vulnerability/wordpress-dynamictags-plugin-1-4-0-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in rtowebsites DynamicTags dynamictags allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects DynamicTags: from n/a through <= 1.4.0.

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) and database data extraction (T1213.006).

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly addresses the improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands by validating and sanitizing inputs to prevent blind SQL injection exploitation.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely identification, reporting, and patching of the specific SQL injection flaw in DynamicTags plugin versions up to 1.4.0.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
preventdetect

Boundary protection mechanisms like web application firewalls monitor and block malicious SQL injection payloads targeting the vulnerable plugin.

References