Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-25001

HighRCE

Published: 25 March 2026

Published
25 March 2026
Modified
24 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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0023 14.0th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

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 14.0th 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-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.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-94

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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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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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.

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 code injection vulnerability in Post Snippets plugin versions through 4.0.12 by identifying, reporting, and correcting the flaw.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Prevents remote code inclusion by validating untrusted inputs to the Post Snippets plugin that could lead to code injection.

RA-5 Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning good match
detect

Detects the presence of the vulnerable Post Snippets plugin through vulnerability scanning, enabling proactive remediation of this specific CVE.

References