CVE-2026-25377
Published: 25 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-25377 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 19.9th 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-25377 is an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability, classified under CWE-89, affecting the eyecix Addon Jobsearch Chat WordPress plugin (addon-jobsearch-chat). The issue impacts all versions from n/a through <= 3.0, as published on 2026-03-25.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L), indicating it is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and resulting in a changed scope. Unauthenticated remote attackers can inject malicious SQL commands, achieving high confidentiality impact through unauthorized data extraction, low integrity impact, and low availability impact.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/addon-jobsearch-chat/vulnerability/wordpress-addon-jobsearch-chat-plugin-3-0-sql-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-15695
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in eyecix Addon Jobsearch Chat addon-jobsearch-chat allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Addon Jobsearch Chat: from n/a through <= 3.0.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in unauthenticated public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of web application (T1190) for data extraction.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates CVE-2026-25377 by identifying, reporting, and correcting the SQL injection flaw in the addon-jobsearch-chat plugin through timely patching.
Prevents SQL injection exploitation by implementing input validation to neutralize special elements in user-supplied data used in SQL commands by the vulnerable WordPress plugin.
Enables detection of ongoing SQL injection attacks against the vulnerable plugin through continuous monitoring of system and network activities for anomalous patterns.