Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22693

High

Published: 03 February 2025

Published
03 February 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 0.0003 8.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22693 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery. 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 8.2th 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-2025-22693 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89. It affects the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin (contest-gallery) developed by Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery, impacting all versions from n/a through 25.1.0.

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). It can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity by authenticated users possessing high privileges, requiring no user interaction. Exploitation enables high-impact confidentiality violations, such as unauthorized data extraction from the database, alongside low availability disruption and changed scope, but no integrity impact.

The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this WordPress Contest Gallery plugin 25.1.0 SQL injection vulnerability, including mitigation guidance: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/contest-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-contest-gallery-plugin-25-1-0-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 Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer Contest Gallery contest-gallery allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Contest Gallery: from n/a through <= 25.1.0.

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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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 exploitation of the web application for access (T1190) and data extraction from the database (T1213.006); high-privilege requirement adds minor uncertainty for initial access mapping.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

contest-gallery
contest gallery
≤ 25.1.2

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly addresses the SQL injection vulnerability by requiring validation and sanitization of information inputs to neutralize special elements in SQL commands.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw in the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions partial match
prevent

Enforces restrictions on input length, type, and format to limit or block malicious SQL injection payloads targeting the vulnerable plugin.

References