CVE-2025-1956
Published: 04 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1956 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Shopping Portal. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 39.7th 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-2025-1956 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Shopping Portal 1.0, affecting an unknown part of the file /Shopping/Admin/index.php within the Login component. The issue arises from manipulation of the password argument, enabling SQL injection as classified under CWE-74 and CWE-89. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and was published on 2025-03-04.
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication privileges, requiring low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via injected SQL payloads in the login process.
Advisories referenced in VulDB entries (ctiid.298557, id.298557, submit.510696) and a Notion page from hexotion detail the vulnerability, while the original project site is at code-projects.org. No specific patches or mitigations are outlined in the available descriptions.
The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be actively used by attackers targeting exposed instances of Shopping Portal 1.0.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6185
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in code-projects Shopping Portal 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /Shopping/Admin/index.php of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument password leads to sql injection. It is possible to…
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initiate the attack 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?
SQL injection in public-facing web app login (Admin/index.php) directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of the application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly prevents SQL injection by requiring validation and sanitization of the password input in the login component.
Requires identification, reporting, and correction of the SQL injection flaw in /Shopping/Admin/index.php.
Boundary protection with web application firewalls inspects and blocks SQL injection payloads targeting the unauthenticated login endpoint.