Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-57439 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Creacast Creabox Manager. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 48% 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-2025-57439, published on 2025-09-22, is a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Creacast Creabox Manager version 4.4.4. The flaw exists in the edit.php endpoint, where an authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary Lua code into the configuration, resulting in its execution on the server. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-94 (Code Injection).
An authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network. Exploitation requires low attack complexity but user interaction, allowing the attacker to achieve full system compromise, including reverse shell execution or arbitrary command execution.
For mitigation details, refer to the vendor advisory at http://www.creacast.com/ and the research repository at https://github.com/shiky8/my--cve-vulnerability-research/tree/main/CVE-2025-57439.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-30791
Vulnerability Data
Creacast Creabox Manager 4.4.4 contains a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability accessible via the edit.php endpoint. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary Lua code into the configuration, which is then executed on the server. This allows full system compromise, including…
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reverse shell execution or arbitrary command execution.
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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).
PR.DS-10 protects runtime data confidentiality/integrity but has no bearing on neutralizing externally influenced input during code generation, so neither direction shows any preventive effect.
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.
Controls that restrict unauthorized or malicious code from being introduced via external networks or removable media limit opportunities for an attacker to inject and execute arbitrary code.