CVE-2025-22716: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The vulnerability (CVE-2025-22716) is an SQL Injection vulnerability affecting Taskbuilder WordPress plugin versions 3.0.6 and earlier. The vulnerability was discovered on November 29, 2024, and publicly disclosed on January 15, 2025. This security flaw affects the Taskbuilder Team Taskbuilder plugin, requiring at least Subscriber-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an SQL Injection (OWASP Top 10 A3: Injection) with a CVSS score of 8.5, indicating high severity. The flaw allows authenticated users with Subscriber or higher privileges to perform SQL injection attacks against the affected WordPress installations (Patchstack).

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors with authenticated access to directly interact with the database, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, data theft, and manipulation of the database content. The high CVSS score of 8.5 indicates that this vulnerability is considered highly dangerous and is expected to become mass exploited (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.0.7 of the Taskbuilder plugin. Users are strongly advised to update to version 3.0.7 or later immediately. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).