Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-26941

Critical

Published: 26 March 2025

Published
26 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 0.0007 20.9th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-26941 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 20.9th 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-2025-26941 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command vulnerability, classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), in the Church Admin WordPress plugin developed by andy_moyle. This issue affects the church-admin plugin in all versions from n/a through 5.0.18 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-26 and 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).

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables high confidentiality impact, potentially allowing extraction of sensitive data from the database, while achieving a changed scope, no integrity impact, and low availability impact.

The Patchstack advisory provides details on this WordPress Church Admin plugin 5.0.18 SQL Injection vulnerability, including recommended mitigations: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/church-admin/vulnerability/wordpress-church-admin-plugin-5-0-18-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 andy_moyle Church Admin church-admin allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Church Admin: from n/a through <= 5.0.18.

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 web applications (T1190) and direct unauthorized data extraction from the backend database (T1213.006).

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

Enforces validation of all user inputs to neutralize special elements in SQL commands, directly preventing SQL injection exploitation in the Church Admin plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires identification, reporting, and timely correction of flaws like this SQL injection vulnerability through patching the affected plugin versions up to 5.0.18.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning partial match
preventdetect

Provides vulnerability scanning to identify SQL injection flaws in web applications like Church Admin, enabling risk-based remediation before exploitation.

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