CVE-2025-24683
Published: 24 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-24683 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 at the 18.3th 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-24683 is an SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89), stemming from improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command. It affects the WP Chill RSVP and Event Management plugin for WordPress, specifically the rsvp component, in versions from n/a through 2.7.14. The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-24.
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 remotely over the network by authenticated users possessing high privileges, with low attack complexity and no requirement for user interaction. Exploitation enables high-impact confidentiality violations, such as data extraction, while achieving changed scope to affect other system components; integrity and availability impacts are low.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this vulnerability in WordPress RSVP and Event Management plugin version 2.7.14, accessible at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/rsvp/vulnerability/wordpress-rsvp-and-event-management-plugin-2-7-14-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-3877
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in WP Chill RSVP and Event Management rsvp allows SQL Injection.This issue affects RSVP and Event Management: from n/a through <= 2.7.14.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing WordPress plugin enables remote exploitation of the application (T1190) and direct arbitrary database queries for data extraction (T1213.006).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of special elements in user inputs to SQL commands, preventing the SQL injection exploitation in the WP Chill RSVP plugin.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, testing, and patching of known flaws like CVE-2025-24683 in the RSVP plugin versions up to 2.7.14.
Requires vulnerability scanning of web applications to detect SQL injection flaws like this CVE, enabling risk-based remediation before exploitation.