CVE-2019-25668

HighPublic PoC

Published: 05 April 2026

Published

05 April 2026

Modified

20 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 0.0040 31.7th percentile

Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2019-25668 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpscriptsmall News Website Script. 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 31.7th 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).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2019-25668 is an SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting News Website Script version 2.0.5. The issue resides in the news ID parameter within the index.php/show/news/ endpoint, where insufficient input sanitization allows attackers to inject arbitrary SQL code into database queries.

Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending GET requests to the affected endpoint with malicious SQL statements appended to the news ID parameter. Successful exploitation enables manipulation of database queries to extract sensitive information, 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), which highlights high confidentiality impact with low integrity impact and no availability disruption.

Advisories and related resources include a proof-of-concept exploit published on Exploit-DB (https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46456), a VulnCheck advisory detailing the SQL injection via index.php (https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/news-website-script-sql-injection-via-index-php), and the vendor site (http://www.phpscriptsmall.com/). No specific patches or mitigation steps are detailed in the CVE description.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2019-20071

Vulnerability details

News Website Script 2.0.5 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the news ID parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to index.php/show/news/ with malicious SQL statements to extract sensitive…

database information.

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in unauthenticated public web endpoint (index.php) directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing application to extract database data.

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