Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-70024

Critical

Published: 11 March 2026

Published
11 March 2026
Modified
27 April 2026
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 0.0052 40.1th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-70024 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 40.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-70024 is an SQL injection vulnerability classified under CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) affecting benkeen generatedata version 4.0.14. This open-source tool for generating test data was published with the CVE on 2026-03-11T21:16:13.213 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating critical severity due to its potential for severe impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The vulnerability enables exploitation by unauthenticated remote attackers over the network with low attack complexity and no requirement for user interaction. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion, as well as full system compromise depending on the application's database configuration and privileges.

Mitigation details are referenced in advisories at https://gist.github.com/zcxlighthouse/4983275f71824ff47b9bdca9de7cb36a, the project owner's GitHub page https://github.com/benkeen, and the generatedata repository https://github.com/benkeen/generatedata. Security practitioners should review these sources for patches, workarounds, or upgrade guidance specific to version 4.0.14.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A05:2025 Injection

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue pertaining to CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command was discovered in benkeen generatedata 4.0.14.

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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing web app (generatedata) directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation per T1190.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 requires validation of information inputs at system interfaces using defined tools and procedures, directly preventing SQL injection (CWE-89) by neutralizing special elements used in SQL commands.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly mitigating CVE-2025-70024 through patching or upgrading the vulnerable generatedata 4.0.14.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match
preventdetect

SC-7 provides boundary protection at external interfaces, enabling web application firewalls or proxies to block or detect SQL injection attempts against the unauthenticated remote endpoint.

References