CVE-2025-31542
Published: 31 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-31542 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 Databases (T1213.006); ranked at the 36.1th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
SI-10 requires validation of information inputs to neutralize special elements, directly preventing blind SQL injection exploitation in the vulnerable WordPress plugin.
SI-2 mandates identification and timely remediation of system flaws, directly addressing the need to patch the My Auctions Allegro plugin versions up to 3.6.20.
RA-5 requires vulnerability scanning to identify SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-31542 in web plugins prior to exploitation.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The blind SQL injection vulnerability in the WordPress plugin directly enables extraction of sensitive data from the database by low-privileged authenticated users, mapping to T1213.006 Data from Information Repositories: Databases.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in wphocus My auctions allegro my-auctions-allegro-free-edition allows Blind SQL Injection.This issue affects My auctions allegro: from n/a through <= 3.6.20.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-31542 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, specifically enabling Blind SQL Injection (CWE-89), in the WordPress plugin My Auctions Allegro (my-auctions-allegro-free-edition) developed by wphocus. The issue affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 3.6.20. Published on 2025-03-31, 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), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility, low complexity, and potential for significant confidentiality impact.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by low-privileged authenticated users (PR:L) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows attackers to perform blind SQL injection, achieving high confidentiality impact (C:H) by extracting sensitive data from the database, alongside low availability impact (A:L) and a scope change (S:C) that amplifies the consequences beyond the vulnerable component.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/my-auctions-allegro-free-edition/vulnerability/wordpress-my-auctions-allegro-plugin-3-6-20-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the vulnerability and recommends updating to a patched version beyond 3.6.20 to mitigate the issue.
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