Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-1871

Critical

Published: 03 March 2025

Published
03 March 2025
Modified
07 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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 0.0011 29.4th percentile
Risk Priority 19 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-1871 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Mayurik Best Online News Portal. Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 29.4th 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-2025-1871 is an SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in the 101news application, affecting version 1.0 through the "category" and "subcategory" parameters in the admin/add-subcategory.php component. Published on 2025-03-03T13:15:12.253, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), marking it as critical due to its potential for severe impact.

Remote unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically allowing arbitrary SQL command injection to read sensitive data, modify records, or disrupt database operations.

The INCIBE-CERT advisory provides further details on this and other vulnerabilities in 101news at https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-101news.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SQL injection vulnerability have been found in 101news affecting version 1.0 through the "category" and "subcategory" parameters in admin/add-subcategory.php.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

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.
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Why these techniques?

Unauthenticated SQL injection in a public-facing web app (admin/add-subcategory.php) directly enables remote exploitation of the application over the network.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-1875Same product: Mayurik Best Online News Portal
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CVE-2025-1874Same product: Mayurik Best Online News Portal
CVE-2025-1869Same product: Mayurik Best Online News Portal
CVE-2025-1873Same product: Mayurik Best Online News Portal
CVE-2025-1870Same product: Mayurik Best Online News Portal
CVE-2025-2046Same vendor: Mayurik
CVE-2025-1961Same vendor: Mayurik
CVE-2025-1596Same vendor: Mayurik
CVE-2025-2602Same vendor: Mayurik

Affected Assets

mayurik
best online news portal
1.0

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly validates and sanitizes the 'category' and 'subcategory' parameters in admin/add-subcategory.php to block SQL injection payloads.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
preventrecover

Requires timely remediation of the specific SQL injection flaw in 101news version 1.0 through patching or secure code updates.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
preventdetect

Deploys web application firewall at the boundary to inspect and block malicious SQL injection attempts on the vulnerable parameters.

References