CVE-2025-7189
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7189 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Fabian Chat System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); 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?
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.
NVD Description
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.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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