Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-12865

High

Published: 10 November 2025

Published
10 November 2025
Modified
18 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 0.0010 28.1th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-12865 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Edetw U-Office Force. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-12865 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting U-Office Force, a software package developed by e-Excellence. Published on 2025-11-10, the flaw allows an authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL commands into the application, potentially compromising the underlying database. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and significant impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An attacker with low-privilege authenticated access over the network can exploit this vulnerability without user interaction. Successful exploitation enables arbitrary SQL command injection, allowing the attacker to read sensitive data from the database, modify records, or delete contents, which could lead to full database compromise depending on the backend configuration and privileges.

Advisories from TWCERT/CC detail the issue and recommend mitigation measures, available at https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-10489-a5a6d-2.html and https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-10488-2df22-1.html. Security practitioners should consult these for specific patching instructions or workarounds applicable to U-Office Force deployments.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

U-Office Force developed by e-Excellence has a SQL Injection vulnerability, allowing authenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL commands to read, modify, and delete database contents.

CWE(s)

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.
T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
Why these techniques?

SQL injection in a network-accessible application enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) and direct access to database contents for data collection (T1213.006).

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

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-12864Same product: Edetw U-Office Force
CVE-2026-3422Same product: Edetw U-Office Force
CVE-2025-2395Same product: Edetw U-Office Force
CVE-2025-2396Same product: Edetw U-Office Force
CVE-2019-25537Shared CWE-89
CVE-2019-25366Shared CWE-89
CVE-2019-25496Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-1475Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-26990Shared CWE-89
CVE-2026-44047Shared CWE-89

Affected Assets

edetw
u-office force
≤ 29.50

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation and sanitization of user inputs to prevent SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-12865.

prevent

Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as this SQL injection vulnerability through patching.

prevent

Enforces least privilege on database accounts used by the application to limit the impact of successful SQL injection exploitation.

References