Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-31044

High

Published: 05 January 2026

Published
05 January 2026
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 0.0022 11.8th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-31044 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 11.8th 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-2025-31044 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, in the AA-Team Premium SEO Pack plugin (premium-seo-pack) for WordPress. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 3.3.2. The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-05T11:17:40.343 and 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 (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality (C:H), enabling unauthorized access to sensitive data, low impact on availability (A:L), and no integrity impact (I:N), with a changed scope (S:C) that may affect additional components or users.

The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/premium-seo-pack/vulnerability/wordpress-premium-seo-pack-3-3-2-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this SQL injection vulnerability in the Premium SEO Pack WordPress plugin up to version 3.3.2.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in AA-Team Premium SEO Pack premium-seo-pack allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Premium SEO Pack: from n/a through <= 3.3.2.

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application for data access.

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

Directly remediates the SQL injection flaw in Premium SEO Pack versions through <=3.3.2 by identifying, testing, and installing patches.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Enforces validation of information inputs to neutralize special elements used in SQL commands, preventing exploitation of this CWE-89 vulnerability.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
preventdetect

Provides boundary protection via mechanisms like web application firewalls to block or detect SQL injection payloads targeting the vulnerable WordPress plugin.

References