Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22542

Critical

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 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0014 33.3th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22542 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 33.3th 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-2025-22542 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability that enables Blind SQL Injection in the Virtual Bot WordPress plugin developed by Ofek Nakar. The vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0.0.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation allows high-impact confidentiality breaches, such as extracting sensitive data from the database via blind SQL injection techniques, with a changed scope, no integrity impact, and low availability impact. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.3, reflected in the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L.

Mitigation details are provided in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/virtual-bot/vulnerability/wordpress-virtual-bot-plugin-1-0-0-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which covers the SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress Virtual Bot plugin version 1.0.0.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Ofek Nakar Virtual Bot virtual-bot allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Virtual Bot: 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?

Direct unauthenticated remote SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of the web application for database data 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

SI-10 directly requires validation of inputs to neutralize special elements in SQL commands, comprehensively preventing blind SQL injection exploits like CVE-2025-22542.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as the SQL injection vulnerability in the Virtual Bot plugin via patching.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
prevent

SC-7 boundary protection enables deployment of web application firewalls to inspect and block malicious SQL injection payloads targeting the vulnerable plugin.

References