Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-27263

High

Published: 03 March 2025

Published
03 March 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.3th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-27263 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 27.3th 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-27263 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the Doctor Appointment Booking WordPress plugin developed by Creativeitem. The issue impacts all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0.0. Published on 2025-03-03T14:15:57.980, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L).

Low-privileged users (PR:L), such as authenticated WordPress users, can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction required (UI:N). Exploitation leads to high confidentiality impact (C:H), allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data, alongside low availability impact (A:L) and no integrity impact (I:N), with a changed scope (S:C) that enables effects on higher-privilege components.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/doctor-appointment-booking/vulnerability/wordpress-doctor-appointment-booking-plugin-1-0-0-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the SQL injection vulnerability in the Doctor Appointment Booking plugin version 1.0.0.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Creativeitem Doctor Appointment Booking doctor-appointment-booking allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Doctor Appointment Booking: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

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 directly enables T1190 (exploiting the web application for access) and T1213.006 (arbitrary queries to extract sensitive data from the database).

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

Directly requires validation of user inputs to prevent SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-27263 by neutralizing special elements in SQL commands.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Mandates timely flaw remediation through patching or updating the vulnerable Doctor Appointment Booking WordPress plugin affected by this SQL injection issue.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
prevent

Enforces boundary protection using web application firewalls to inspect and block remote SQL injection attempts exploiting this CVE.

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