Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-26898

Critical

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 9.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0015 35.1th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-26898 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35.1th 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-2025-26898 is an improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, classified as an SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89), affecting the Traveler theme developed by shinetheme for WordPress. This issue impacts all versions of the Traveler theme from n/a through those prior to 3.2.1.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating that unauthenticated attackers can exploit it remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables high confidentiality impact, such as unauthorized access to sensitive data, alongside low availability impact, with the scope changing to affect additional resources.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/traveler/vulnerability/wordpress-traveler-theme-3-1-8-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve provides details on the vulnerability in the Traveler theme, with mitigation achieved by updating to version 3.2.1 or later.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in shinetheme Traveler traveler.This issue affects Traveler: from n/a through < 3.2.1.

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?

SQL injection in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application for remote unauthenticated 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

Information Input Validation directly neutralizes special elements in SQL commands, comprehensively preventing SQL injection exploits as in CVE-2025-26898.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Flaw Remediation ensures timely patching of the vulnerable Traveler theme to version 3.2.1 or later, eliminating the specific SQL injection vulnerability.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
detect

Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning identifies SQL injection flaws like CVE-2025-26898 in web components such as the Traveler theme.

References