CVE-2025-29306
Published: 27 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-29306 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Foxcms Foxcms. 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 0.6% 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).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-29306 is a code injection vulnerability, tracked as CWE-94, affecting FoxCMS version 1.2.5. The flaw resides in the case display page of the index.html component and permits remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server.
A remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network without authentication or user interaction, as reflected in the CVSS 9.8 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Successful exploitation grants full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability, enabling complete system compromise.
The single reference points to a public GitHub repository that documents the issue but contains no vendor advisory or patch information. The EPSS score has reached a current value of 0.8621 with a recorded peak of 0.8807, indicating sustained and elevated exploitation interest following disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8510
Vulnerability details
An issue in FoxCMS v.1.2.5 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the case display page in the index.html component.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
CVE-2025-29306 is a remote code execution vulnerability in FoxCMS via parameter injection on the index.html page (POC uses SSTI syntax ${@print(phpinfo())}), enabling exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) and template injection for code execution (T1221).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires identification, reporting, and correction of the specific code injection flaw in FoxCMS v1.2.5 to prevent arbitrary code execution.
Enforces validation of user inputs to the case display page in index.html, comprehensively preventing code injection vulnerabilities like this CVE.
Implements boundary protection such as web application firewalls to monitor and block remote injection attempts targeting the vulnerable index.html component.