Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22536

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 0.0007 21.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22536 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 21.5th 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-2025-22536 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the WP Music Player WordPress plugin developed by hiren.sabd. This issue impacts all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.3 inclusive, as published on 2025-01-07.

The vulnerability has 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), indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network by an attacker with high privileges, such as an authenticated administrator, using low-complexity techniques without requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to achieve high-impact confidentiality violations, such as extracting sensitive data from the database, alongside low availability disruption, with a changed scope that may affect additional resources.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-music-player/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-music-player-plugin-1-3-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on this SQL Injection vulnerability in the WP Music Player plugin version 1.3.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in hiren.sabd WP Music Player wp-music-player allows SQL Injection.This issue affects WP Music Player: from n/a through <= 1.3.

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 T1190 exploitation for data access; facilitates T1213.006 database queries for exfiltration.

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 the system to validate user inputs used in SQL commands, neutralizing special elements as in this WP Music Player plugin vulnerability.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws, such as patching or removing the vulnerable WP Music Player plugin up to version 1.3.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Enforces least privilege to restrict high-privilege access (PR:H) needed to exploit this authenticated SQL injection vulnerability.

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