CVE-2025-26943
Published: 25 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-26943 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 16.5th 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-2025-26943 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command vulnerability, enabling Blind SQL Injection (CWE-89), in the Easy Quotes WordPress plugin by Jürgen Müller. The issue affects the easy-quotes plugin from unknown initial versions through version 1.2.2.
With 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), the vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated remote attackers over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation can result in high confidentiality impact, such as extracting sensitive data from the database via blind SQL injection techniques, alongside low availability impact and a change in scope.
Patchstack's advisory documents the SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress Easy Quotes plugin version 1.2.2, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/easy-quotes/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-quotes-plugin-1-2-2-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5439
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Jürgen Müller Easy Quotes easy-quotes allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects Easy Quotes: from n/a through <= 1.2.2.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
SQL injection vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of Internet-facing applications for initial access and data extraction.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces validation and neutralization of special elements in user inputs to prevent blind SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-26943.
Requires identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as the SQL injection in the Easy Quotes plugin up to version 1.2.2.
Vulnerability scanning detects SQL injection flaws like CVE-2025-26943 in WordPress plugins for timely remediation.