Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-30569

High

Published: 24 March 2025

Published
24 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 27.0th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-30569 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 27.0th 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-2025-30569 is an SQL injection vulnerability stemming from improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command (CWE-89) in the WP Featured Entries WordPress plugin, also referred to as Jahertor WP Featured Entries wp-featured-entries. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 1.0 inclusive. Published on 2025-03-24T14:15:28.780, 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 authenticated users can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation changes the scope and results in high confidentiality impact, enabling data extraction from the database, alongside low availability impact and no integrity impact.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-featured-entries/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-featured-entries-1-0-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 Jahertor WP Featured Entries wp-featured-entries allows SQL Injection.This issue affects WP Featured Entries: from n/a through <= 1.0.

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 vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of web application for initial access and database data extraction.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Requires timely remediation of the specific SQL injection flaw in the WP Featured Entries plugin through patching or upgrades.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Mandates information input validation at application interfaces to neutralize special elements used in SQL commands, directly countering SQL injection exploits.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match
prevent

Enforces least privilege for database accounts accessed by the plugin, limiting the confidentiality impact of successful SQL injection by low-privileged users.

References