Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-29401 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Emlog Emlog. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 45% 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-2025-29401 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the /views/plugin.php component of emlog pro version 2.5.7. This flaw allows attackers to upload crafted PHP files, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the server. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting its critical severity due to network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no requirements for privileges or user interaction.
Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network by sending a malicious request to the affected endpoint. Successful exploitation grants attackers the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the web server process, potentially leading to full server compromise, including high-impact confidentiality breaches, integrity modifications, and availability disruptions.
References for this CVE point to GitHub repositories hosting documentation on emlog pro 2.5.7, specifically a file titled "emlog pro2.5.7-getshell.md," which details the exploit technique for achieving remote code execution. No official patch or mitigation guidance is specified in the provided information.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6780
Vulnerability Data
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the component /views/plugin.php of emlog pro v2.5.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted PHP file.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V1.3.1
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation finds code paths that accept and execute externally influenced strings.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from being used to construct executable code without neutralization.
Least privilege limits the damage an injected code fragment can perform once executed.
Requiring documented secure development standards and tools enforces use of safe code-generation APIs and escaping.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly target injection flaws via secure coding and testing (mostly), yet as a single broad outcome it leaves many code-generation specifics unaddressed (partial).
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.
Banning unapproved code samples and unauthenticated web services, combined with secure-coding standards and SAST, prevents the dynamic generation or inclusion of attacker-supplied code.