Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22505

High

Published: 09 January 2025

Published
09 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-2025-22505 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-22505 is an SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89), resulting from improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, in the NC Wishlist for WooCommerce WordPress plugin (also referred to as Crispweb NC Wishlist for Woocommerce nc-wishlist-for-woocommerce). This issue affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 1.0.1.

The vulnerability has 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 exploitation is possible over the network by low-privileged authenticated users with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Attackers can achieve high confidentiality impact, such as unauthorized access to sensitive data in the database, along with low availability impact and a changed scope affecting additional resources.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/nc-wishlist-for-woocommerce/vulnerability/wordpress-nc-wishlist-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-0-1-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on the vulnerability.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Crispweb NC Wishlist for Woocommerce nc-wishlist-for-woocommerce allows SQL Injection.This issue affects NC Wishlist for Woocommerce: from n/a through <= 1.0.1.

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 public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the application over the network (T1190).

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

SI-10 requires validation and neutralization of user inputs, directly preventing SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-22505 by blocking special elements in SQL commands.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates timely patching or mitigation of identified flaws, directly addressing the SQL injection vulnerability in the NC Wishlist for WooCommerce plugin up to version 1.0.1.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

RA-5 requires vulnerability scanning of web applications and plugins, enabling identification of SQL injection issues like CVE-2025-22505 for subsequent remediation.

References