SQL Injection Vulnerability in Wp Cycle Text Announcement Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-9198

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP Cycle Text Announcement
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 October 2025

What is CVE-2025-9198?

The Wp Cycle Text Announcement plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection through the 'cycle-text' shortcode in all versions up to and including 8.1. This vulnerability arises from inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters and insufficient preparation of the SQL query. Authenticated users with Contributor-level access and higher can exploit this flaw to append additional SQL queries, potentially extracting sensitive information from the database.

Affected Version(s)

Wp cycle text announcement * <= 8.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-cycle-text-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Peter Thaleikis
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CVE-2025-9198 : SQL Injection Vulnerability in Wp Cycle Text Announcement Plugin for WordPress