Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22728

High

Published: 08 January 2026

Published
08 January 2026
Modified
27 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 0.0032 23.7th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22728 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 23.7th 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-2025-22728 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89. It affects the Workreap plugin (referred to as the theme's plugin) developed by AmentoTech for WordPress, impacting versions from an unspecified initial release through 3.3.6. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-08T10:15:48.390 and carries 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).

Low-privileged authenticated users (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation changes scope (S:C), enabling high confidentiality impact (C:H) such as unauthorized access to sensitive data, alongside low integrity (I:N) and availability (A:L) impacts.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/workreap/vulnerability/wordpress-workreap-theme-s-plugin-plugin-3-3-6-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which documents the SQL injection issue in the Workreap theme's plugin up to version 3.3.6.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in AmentoTech Workreap (theme's plugin) workreap allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Workreap (theme's plugin): from n/a through <= 3.3.6.

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 SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin enables exploitation of the web application for data access.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates SQL injection (CWE-89) by validating and sanitizing untrusted inputs before use in SQL commands within the Workreap plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Ensures timely flaw remediation by patching or updating the vulnerable Workreap plugin versions through 3.3.6.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
prevent

Boundary protection via web application firewalls blocks common SQL injection payloads exploitable by low-privileged users in this CVE.

References