CVE-2025-7166
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7166 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Fabian Responsive Blog Site. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 49.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web application (single.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), abuse of server software components (T1505 as noted in advisory), and collection of data from databases via arbitrary queries (T1213.006).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in code-projects Responsive Blog Site 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /single.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate…
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the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-7166 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting code-projects Responsive Blog Site version 1.0. The flaw exists in an unknown part of the file /single.php, where manipulation of the ID argument enables SQL injection. Published on 2025-07-08, it is associated with CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) and CWE-89 (SQL Injection), with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
The vulnerability allows remote exploitation by attackers possessing low privileges, such as authenticated users, with low complexity and no requirement for user interaction. Successful attacks can result in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption through injected SQL payloads.
Advisories and references, including those from VulDB (https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.315105, https://vuldb.com/?id.315105, https://vuldb.com/?submit.606484) and a GitHub issue (https://github.com/yihaofuweng/cve/issues/7), provide further details; no specific patches are detailed in the available information. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be actively used.
The vulnerability's public exploit disclosure increases the risk of real-world exploitation against unpatched instances of the affected blog site.
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