Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-22783

High

Published: 27 March 2025

Published
27 March 2025
Modified
23 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 0.0098 77.2th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22783 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Squirrly Seo Plugin By Squirrly Seo. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 22.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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-2025-22783 is an improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, classified as an SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89), in the SEO Squirrly SEO WordPress plugin (squirrly-seo) developed by Squirrly SEO. The issue affects the plugin from unknown initial versions through version 12.4.03.

Attackers with low privileges, such as authenticated users, can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. The CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L) indicates high confidentiality impact across a changed scope, with low availability impact and no integrity impact, enabling potential extraction of sensitive database information.

Mitigation guidance is available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/squirrly-seo/vulnerability/wordpress-seo-plugin-by-squirrly-seo-plugin-12-4-03-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 SEO Squirrly SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO squirrly-seo allows SQL Injection.This issue affects SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: from n/a through <= 12.4.03.

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 enables remote exploitation of the web application (T1190) by authenticated users and direct extraction of sensitive data from the backend database (T1213.006).

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

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Affected Assets

squirrly
seo plugin by squirrly seo
≤ 12.4.03

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 sanitization of user inputs before incorporation into SQL commands in the Squirrly SEO plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mitigates the vulnerability through timely flaw remediation by patching the affected Squirrly SEO plugin versions up to 12.4.03.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
detect

Supports identification of SQL injection flaws like CVE-2025-22783 via vulnerability scanning of WordPress plugins.

References