CVE-2025-28953

WordPress smart SEO plugin <= 4.0 - SQL Injection Vulnerability

8.5 High

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in axiomthemes smart SEO smartSEO allows SQL Injection.This issue affects smart SEO: from n/a through <= 4.0.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: Low

Exploit likelihood

0.33%Up 0.3 points since Nov 7, 2025

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.5

WordPress smart SEO plugin <= 4.0 - SQL Injection Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2025-28953
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2025-38033 8.5

Record: EUVD-2025-38033
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xfwx-x943-x38c 8.5

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')...

Record: GHSA-xfwx-x943-x38c
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 8.5

Record: CVE-2025-28953
CVSS 3.1: 8.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-28953 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.5) in Axiomthemes Smart Seo, published November 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. No source names a fixed version.