Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NSummary
CVE-2025-57793 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Explorance Blue. Its CVSS base score is 8.6 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 25th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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-2025-57793 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.9. The flaw arises from insufficient validation of user-supplied input within a web application component, allowing crafted input to be executed as part of backend database queries. This issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high severity due to its potential for significant confidentiality impact in a scoped attack.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By submitting specially crafted input to the affected web component, attackers can manipulate backend SQL queries to extract sensitive data from the database, such as user information or other confidential records, leveraging the high confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability.
Explorance has addressed the vulnerability in Blue version 8.14.9 and later, as detailed in their security advisories. Security practitioners should prioritize upgrading to a patched version and review the vendor's guidance at https://online-help.explorance.com/blue/articles/security-advisories-(january-2026) and https://online-help.explorance.com/blue/articles/security-advisory:-cve-2025-57793, along with additional analysis from Mandiant at https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026-0002.md.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-206459
Vulnerability Data
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.9 contain a SQL injection vulnerability caused by insufficient validation of user-supplied input in a web application component. Crafted input can be executed as part of backend database queries. The issue is exploitable without authentication,…
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover SQLi flaws before deployment but does not stop their introduction.
Input validation directly stops untrusted data from reaching SQL query construction without neutralization.
Secure engineering principles require parameterized queries and input sanitization that structurally eliminate SQLi.
System monitoring can identify attempted SQLi exploitation via anomalous queries after the weakness exists.
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.
Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.
Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.
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.
The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.
Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.
Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.
Language-specific secure coding rules, peer review and SAST together prevent the construction of SQL statements from untrusted data without proper parameterization or escaping.