Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-5569

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 04 June 2025

Published
04 June 2025
Modified
03 October 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v4 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0074 73.4th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-5569 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Ideacms Ideacms. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 26.6% 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

A vulnerability was found in IdeaCMS up to 1.7 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function Article/Goods of the file /api/v1.index.article/getList.html. The manipulation of the argument Field leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading…

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to version 1.8 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 935aceb4c21338633de6d41e13332f7b9db4fa6a. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CWE(s)

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.
T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing IdeaCMS web application (getList.html API) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), server software component abuse (T1505 as noted in advisory), and collection of data from databases (T1213.006) via unauthorized SQL queries.

Affected Assets

ideacms
ideacms
≤ 1.7

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.

addresses: CWE-89

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

addresses: CWE-74

Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

addresses: CWE-74

Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.

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