Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-24659

High

Published: 24 January 2025

Published
24 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 0.0216 84.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-24659 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 in the top 15.4% 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-24659 is a blind SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in the WPDM – Premium Packages WordPress plugin. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands and affects all versions through 5.9.6.

An authenticated user with high privileges can exploit the issue over the network with low attack complexity. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to perform blind SQL injection, resulting in high confidentiality impact on the database, limited availability effects, and a scope change as indicated by the CVSS 7.6 rating.

The single reference points to a Patchstack advisory entry for the plugin. The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0394, indicating emerging post-disclosure exploitation interest that warrants renewed attention for instances still running vulnerable versions.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Shahjada WPDM – Premium Packages wpdm-premium-packages allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects WPDM – Premium Packages: from n/a through <= 5.9.6.

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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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 for application exploitation and facilitates T1213.006 for database data extraction via blind queries.

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

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely flaw remediation, such as patching the WPDM Premium Packages plugin beyond version 5.9.6 to eliminate the SQL injection vulnerability.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Mandates validation of information inputs to neutralize special elements that enable blind SQL injection in the plugin's SQL commands.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

Provides vulnerability scanning to identify and assess the SQL injection flaw in the WordPress plugin for prioritized remediation.

References