CVE-2019-25542

HighPublic PoC

Published: 12 March 2026

Published

12 March 2026

Modified

17 March 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0026 49.7th percentile

Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2019-25542 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Netartmedia Real Estate Portal. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 49.7th 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).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Directly requires validation of the user_email parameter to ensure inputs are properly sanitized, preventing SQL injection into database queries.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Mandates identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like the SQL injection vulnerability in index.php, eliminating the root cause.

SI-9 Information Input Restrictions partial match

prevent

Restricts information inputs such as user_email to authorized types and formats, blocking malicious SQL payloads from reaching the database.

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 in public-facing web application (index.php) directly enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and extraction of sensitive data from databases (T1213.006) via arbitrary query manipulation.

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

NVD Description

Netartmedia Real Estate Portal 5.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the user_email parameter. Attackers can send POST requests to index.php with malicious payloads in the user_email field…

to bypass authentication, extract sensitive data, or modify database contents.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2019-25542 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in Netartmedia Real Estate Portal 5.0. The flaw resides in the index.php component, where the user_email parameter fails to properly sanitize input, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary SQL code into database queries. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N) and was published on 2026-03-12T16:16:09.297.

Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted POST requests to index.php with malicious payloads in the user_email field. Exploitation enables manipulation of database queries, including bypassing authentication mechanisms, extracting sensitive data from the database, or modifying database contents.

Advisories and references, including a proof-of-concept on Exploit-DB (https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46563) and a detailed write-up from Vulncheck (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netartmedia-real-estate-portal-sql-injection-via-index-php), document the issue but do not specify patches or mitigations in the available information.