CVE-2026-25001
Published: 25 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-25001 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) 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 18.9th 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
Directly remediates the code injection vulnerability in Post Snippets plugin versions through 4.0.12 by identifying, reporting, and correcting the flaw.
Prevents remote code inclusion by validating untrusted inputs to the Post Snippets plugin that could lead to code injection.
Detects the presence of the vulnerable Post Snippets plugin through vulnerability scanning, enabling proactive remediation of this specific CVE.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Code injection vulnerability in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 for initial RCE access; arbitrary code execution facilitates T1059.004 Unix Shell on typical Linux hosting.
NVD Description
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability in Saad Iqbal Post Snippets post-snippets allows Remote Code Inclusion.This issue affects Post Snippets: from n/a through <= 4.0.12.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-25001 is an Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-94, in the Post Snippets WordPress plugin developed by Saad Iqbal. The flaw enables Remote Code Inclusion and affects all versions of the plugin from its initial release through 4.0.12. Published on 2026-03-25, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, changed scope, and substantial impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
A low-privileged remote attacker (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability over the network without user interaction. Exploitation requires high attack complexity but allows achievement of remote code execution, granting high-level compromise of the affected system across confidentiality, integrity, and availability metrics within a changed scope.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on this remote code execution vulnerability in Post Snippets 4.0.12 at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/post-snippets/vulnerability/wordpress-post-snippets-plugin-4-0-12-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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