Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-44831

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 13 May 2025

Published
13 May 2025
Modified
16 June 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 51.1th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-44831 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Engineercms Project Engineercms. 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 48.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

EngineerCMS v1.02 through v2.0.5 has a SQL injection vulnerability in the /project/addproject interface.

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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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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T1518 Software Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of software and software versions that are installed on a system or in a cloud environment.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in the authenticated /project/addproject endpoint of the public-facing EngineerCMS web application enables exploitation (T1190), arbitrary database queries for data collection from databases (T1213.006), and software discovery such as extracting the SQLite version (T1518).

Affected Assets

engineercms project
engineercms
1.02 — 2.0.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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