CVE-2025-7189
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7189 is a low-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Fabian Chat System. Its CVSS base score is 2.1 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-7189 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (classified under CWE-74 and CWE-89) in code-projects Chat System 1.0. The issue resides in unknown functionality of the file /user/send_message.php, where manipulation of the "msg" argument enables SQL injection. Published on 2025-07-08T18:15:46.273, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
The vulnerability is exploitable remotely over the network by an attacker with low privileges. By crafting malicious input for the "msg" parameter during message sending, the attacker can inject SQL payloads, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a low degree as per the CVSS metrics.
Advisories from VulDB (ctiid.315128, id.315128, submit.607198) provide further details on the issue. An exploit proof-of-concept is publicly available in a GitHub repository at github.com/LamentXU123/cve/blob/main/sql_send_message.md, and the project site is at code-projects.org. No specific patch or mitigation steps are outlined in the CVE description.
The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20680
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in code-projects Chat System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /user/send_message.php. The manipulation of the argument msg leads to sql injection. The attack may…
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be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct remote SQL injection in a web app's send_message.php enables exploitation of a public-facing application for initial access and limited data manipulation.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of the msg argument in send_message.php to reject SQL metacharacters before they reach the database.
Mandates timely remediation of the publicly disclosed SQL injection flaw in /user/send_message.php.
Enables monitoring and alerting on anomalous SQL syntax or error patterns originating from the send_message.php endpoint.