CVE-2025-1168
Published: 11 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1168 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Rems Contact Manager With Export To Vcf. 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 39.2th 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-2025-1168 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0, published on 2025-02-11. The flaw affects unknown code within the file /endpoint/delete-contact.php, where manipulation of the 'contact' argument enables SQL injection. It is associated with CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) and CWE-89 (SQL Injection), carrying 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 can be exploited remotely by an attacker with low privileges, requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via SQL injection.
Advisories detailing the issue are available from VulDB at https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.295072, https://vuldb.com/?id.295072, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.494766, along with the vendor site at https://www.sourcecodester.com/. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-2042
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Contact Manager with Export to VCF 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /endpoint/delete-contact.php. The manipulation of the argument contact leads to sql injection. The attack…
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can be initiated 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?
Direct remote exploitation of a public-facing web app via SQL injection in delete-contact.php.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of the 'contact' argument to prevent SQL injection in /endpoint/delete-contact.php.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw associated with this CVE.
Requires reviewing and applying security advisories for publicly disclosed vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-1168 to install patches or mitigations.