Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-30590

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 28.1th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-30590 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 28.1th 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-30590 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the WordPress plugin Flickr set slideshows (flickr-set-slideshows). The issue impacts all versions from n/a through 0.9 inclusive, as published on 2025-03-24.

The vulnerability 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). It can be exploited by low-privileged authenticated users (PR:L) over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). Exploitation changes scope (S:C), enabling high confidentiality impact (C:H) such as unauthorized data access or extraction from the database, alongside low availability impact (A:L) and no integrity impact (I:N).

Mitigation details are provided in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/flickr-set-slideshows/vulnerability/wordpress-flickr-set-slideshows-0-9-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 Dourou Flickr set slideshows flickr-set-slideshows allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Flickr set slideshows: from n/a through <= 0.9.

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 exploitation and facilitates T1213.006 database data access/exfiltration.

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

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs, directly preventing SQL injection by neutralizing special elements before use in SQL commands as exploited in this CVE.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates identification, reporting, and remediation of system flaws, directly addressing this SQL injection vulnerability through patching the affected WordPress plugin.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
preventdetect

RA-5 requires vulnerability scanning of applications, enabling detection of SQL injection flaws like this CVE and subsequent remediation.

References