Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22351

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 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0012 30.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22351 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 30.9th 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-2025-22351 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the penguinarts Contact Form 7 Database – CFDB7 WordPress plugin (advanced-cf7-database). This issue impacts versions from n/a through 1.0.0 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-07.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L). Attackers with network access and high privileges, such as authenticated WordPress users with elevated permissions, can exploit it with low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables arbitrary SQL command injection, resulting in high confidentiality impact through unauthorized data access, a changed scope affecting additional components, and low availability impact.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/advanced-cf7-database/vulnerability/wordpress-contact-form-7-database-cfdb7-plugin-1-0-0-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 penguinarts Contact Form 7 Database – CFDB7 advanced-cf7-database allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Contact Form 7 Database – CFDB7: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in a publicly accessible WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of a web application for unauthorized database access.

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 requires validating and sanitizing user inputs to Contact Form 7 Database plugin to prevent SQL injection exploitation as described in this CVE.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mandates timely identification, reporting, and patching of flaws like this SQL injection vulnerability in the CFDB7 plugin up to version 1.0.0.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Enforces least privilege to restrict high-privilege WordPress accounts (PR:H) required to trigger the SQL injection, reducing the attack surface.

References