CVE-2025-0172
Published: 02 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-0172 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-0172 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Chat System 1.0, affecting an unknown functionality within the /admin/deleteroom.php file. The issue arises from improper handling of the 'id' argument, allowing manipulation that leads to SQL injection. It is associated with CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) and CWE-89 (SQL Injection), with 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). The vulnerability was published on 2025-01-02.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by low-privileged users (PR:L), such as authenticated administrators, over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L), potentially allowing attackers to extract sensitive data, modify chat room records, or disrupt service through injected SQL payloads.
Advisories and references, including those from VulDB (ctiid.289939, id.289939, submit.473153) and a GitHub proof-of-concept at github.com/Sinon2003/cve/blob/main/chatsystem/sql_inject2.md, confirm the remote exploitability. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be actively used, though no specific patches or mitigation steps are detailed in the available information; practitioners should review the code-projects.org site and referenced materials for updates or workarounds.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-1523
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in code-projects Chat System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/deleteroom.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack can be…
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launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Direct remote SQL injection in a web application (/admin/deleteroom.php) enables exploitation of a public-facing service for data access/modification.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly prevents SQL injection by requiring validation of user-supplied inputs like the 'id' argument in /admin/deleteroom.php.
Requires identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly remediating the SQL injection vulnerability in CVE-2025-0172.
Mandates vulnerability scanning to proactively identify and address SQL injection flaws like CVE-2025-0172 before exploitation.