Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-67987

High

Published: 20 February 2026

Published
20 February 2026
Modified
15 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 0.0026 17.6th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-67987 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 17.6th 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-2025-67987 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the Quiz And Survey Master plugin (quiz-master-next) developed by ExpressTech Systems for WordPress. Published on 2026-02-20, it impacts all versions of the plugin from unknown starting versions through 10.3.1.

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), indicating it is exploitable over the network with low complexity by low-privileged authenticated users, requiring no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high confidentiality impact by extracting sensitive data due to the changed scope, with low availability impact and no integrity impact.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/quiz-master-next/vulnerability/wordpress-quiz-and-survey-master-plugin-10-3-1-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

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 ExpressTech Systems Quiz And Survey Master quiz-master-next allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Quiz And Survey Master: from n/a through <= 10.3.1.

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 a public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of a 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-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 directly and comprehensively mitigates SQL injection by requiring validation and neutralization of special elements in information inputs to SQL commands.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw in the Quiz And Survey Master plugin up to version 10.3.1.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

RA-5 enables detection of the SQL injection vulnerability through regular vulnerability scanning of the WordPress plugin.

References