CVE-2025-22974
Published: 24 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-22974 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Seacms Seacms. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 24.7% 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 are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of user inputs like the DoTranExecSql parameter to block SQL injection payloads.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, and remediation of the SQL injection flaw in the phome.php component to prevent exploitation.
Enables boundary protection mechanisms such as web application firewalls to inspect and block SQL injection attempts at external interfaces.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection vulnerability in SeaCMS web application enables remote arbitrary code execution, directly mapping to exploitation of public-facing applications.
NVD Description
SQL Injection vulnerability in SeaCMS v.13.2 and before allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the DoTranExecSql parameter in the phome.php component.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-22974 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting SeaCMS versions 13.2 and earlier. The issue exists in the phome.php component, where the DoTranExecSql parameter fails to properly sanitize user input, enabling a remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability can be exploited by any remote attacker with network access, requiring low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction, as reflected in its CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary code, potentially leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as data exfiltration, modification, or denial of service.
Mitigation details are available in the referenced advisory at https://github.com/202110420106/CVE/blob/master/seacms/CVE-2025-22974.md, published on 2025-02-24.
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