CVE-2019-25496
Published: 27 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2019-25496 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Oscommerce Oscommerce. 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 24.3th 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-2019-25496 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in osCommerce 2.3.4.1. The flaw resides in the product_info.php script, where the products_id parameter fails to properly sanitize user input, enabling attackers to inject SQL code and manipulate database queries.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N). By modifying the products_id value in requests to product_info.php and appending boolean-based SQL injection payloads, attackers can extract sensitive database information, achieving high confidentiality impact with low integrity impact.
Advisories and additional details are available at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/oscommerce-sql-injection-via-productsid-parameter and https://www.oscommerce.com, while a proof-of-concept exploit is published at https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46329.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2019-19722
Vulnerability details
osCommerce 2.3.4.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the products_id parameter. Attackers can modify the products_id value in product_info.php requests and append boolean-based SQL injection payloads to extract…
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sensitive database information.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
CVE-2019-25496 is a SQL injection in a public-facing web application (osCommerce), directly enabling T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application). It facilitates unauthorized database access and extraction of sensitive information, mapping to T1213.006 (Data from Information Repositories: Databases).
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Mitigating Controls
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SI-10 mandates validation of the products_id parameter to block SQL injection payloads from manipulating database queries in product_info.php.
SI-2 requires identification and remediation of the SQL injection flaw in osCommerce 2.3.4.1 via patching or code correction.
SC-7 enables boundary protection such as web application firewalls to filter and block malicious SQL injection attempts targeting the products_id parameter.