CVE-2025-0171
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-0171 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Chat System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 36.6th 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-2025-0171 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Chat System 1.0, affecting an unknown function in the file /admin/deleteuser.php. The issue arises from manipulation of the 'id' argument, enabling SQL injection as classified under CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) and CWE-89 (SQL Injection). It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and was published on 2025-01-02.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by attackers with low privileges, such as authenticated users, requiring no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via injected SQL payloads.
Advisories and references, including those from VulDB (ctiid.289938, id.289938, submit.473143) and a GitHub repository (Sinon2003/cve/blob/main/sql_inject1.md), document the issue but do not specify patches or mitigations. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used, as noted on code-projects.org.
Exploitation details are available publicly, increasing the risk for unpatched instances of Chat System 1.0.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-1522
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in code-projects Chat System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/deleteuser.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack…
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remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web app (/admin/deleteuser.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), abuse of server software components (T1505 as per advisory), and data collection from databases (T1213.006) via query manipulation and extraction.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates SQL injection by requiring validation and error handling for inputs like the 'id' parameter in /admin/deleteuser.php.
Requires identification, reporting, testing, and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw in the Chat System.
Enables scanning to detect SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-0171 and subsequent remediation.