Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22533

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 0.0008 23.3th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22533 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 23.3th 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-2025-22533 is an improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, resulting in a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89), affecting the WOOEXIM WordPress plugin developed by bulktheme. The issue impacts all versions of WOOEXIM from unknown initial versions through 5.0.0 inclusive. Published on 2025-01-07, it 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).

High-privileged users, such as those with administrative access, can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact confidentiality violations, such as unauthorized access to sensitive database information, alongside low availability disruption and changed scope, though integrity remains unaffected.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wooexim/vulnerability/wordpress-wooexim-plugin-5-0-0-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 bulktheme WOOEXIM wooexim allows SQL Injection.This issue affects WOOEXIM: from n/a through <= 5.0.0.

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 WordPress web plugin directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) by high-privileged users to access database contents.

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 prevents SQL injection by requiring validation and neutralization of special elements in user inputs used for SQL commands in the WOOEXIM plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mitigates the specific SQL injection flaw in WOOEXIM versions through n/a to 5.0.0 by identifying, prioritizing, and remediating the vulnerability via patching.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
preventdetect

Detects SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-22533 in the WordPress plugin through vulnerability scanning and supports remediation to prevent exploitation.

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