CVE-2025-1556
Deserialization in Westboy Cicadascms 1.0
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/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:XCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-1556 is a medium-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Westboy Cicadascms. Its CVSS base score is 5.1 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked in the top 48% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-1556 is a problematic vulnerability discovered in westboy CicadasCMS version 1.0, affecting unknown processing of the /system file within the Template Management component. The core issue involves deserialization of untrusted data, mapped to CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation), CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data), and NVD-CWE-Other. Published on 2025-02-22, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.7 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating medium severity.
A remote attacker with high privileges can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By manipulating inputs to the affected component, the attacker triggers deserialization, potentially achieving low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without scope changes.
Advisories detailing the issue are available via VulDB entries (ctiid.296507, id.296507, submit.499520) and a GitHub proof-of-concept at https://github.com/FightingLzn9/vul/blob/main/CicadasCMS(2).md. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers. No specific patch or mitigation details are provided in the CVE description.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-4433
Vulnerability Data
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in westboy CicadasCMS 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /system of the component Template Management. The manipulation leads to deserialization. The attack may be initiated remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing input validation through analysis or test cases.
SI-10 directly requires validity checks on information inputs, structurally preventing improper or missing validation.
Requiring documented development standards and tools can embed input-validation practices into the engineering process.
Engineering principles such as safe deserialization and input sanitization structurally prevent the weakness from being introduced.
Integrity verification tools can detect malformed or tampered serialized data after the fact.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Testing against a defined set of requirements and using code review plus vulnerability scanning forces validation of inputs and handling of unanticipated conditions, reducing the chance that malformed data will be accepted.
Requiring language-specific secure coding standards, peer review, SAST and documented mitigation of common programming errors forces validation of all inputs before they are trusted.
Regular scanning of third-party libraries and timely patching reduce the likelihood that unsafe deserialization vulnerabilities remain active.
Hardening callouts derived
DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.
- No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-20, a class-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.