CVE-2018-25172

HighPublic PoC

Published: 06 March 2026

Published

06 March 2026

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v4 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS Score 0.0029 20.8th percentile

Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2018-25172 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2018-25172 is an SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in Pedidos 1.0. The flaw resides in the ajax/load_proveedores.php endpoint, where the 'q' parameter fails to properly sanitize input, enabling attackers to inject and execute arbitrary SQL queries.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely with low complexity by sending crafted GET requests to the vulnerable endpoint. Successful exploitation allows extraction of sensitive database information, including schema names and table structures, resulting in high confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact, as reflected in the CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N).

Advisories and proof-of-concept exploits are available at https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45856 and https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pedidos-sql-injection-via-load-proveedoresphp, which detail the vulnerability and exploitation methods.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2018-21627

Vulnerability details

Pedidos 1.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the 'q' parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to the ajax/load_proveedores.php endpoint with crafted SQL payloads to extract sensitive…

database information including schema names and table structures.

CWE(s): CWE-89

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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T1213.006 Databases Collection

Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.

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Why these techniques?

SQL injection vulnerability in public-facing web endpoint directly enables T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) and facilitates arbitrary database queries for data extraction (T1213.006: Databases).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0