Overview
The CVE-2025-53529 is a critical vulnerability discovered in WeGIA, a widely used web manager for charitable institutions. This vulnerability permits an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands through an SQL Injection attack, potentially compromising the system or leading to a data leak. This issue is particularly concerning as it affects a software that is used by many charitable organizations, putting their sensitive data at risk.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-53529
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
WeGIA Web Manager | Versions prior to 3.4.3
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability lies in the /html/funcionario/profile_funcionario.php endpoint of the WeGIA web application. More specifically, the ‘id_funcionario’ parameter isn’t properly sanitized or validated before being used in a SQL query. As a result, an attacker can manipulate this parameter to inject arbitrary SQL commands. Since no authentication is required, this vulnerability is easily exploitable.
Conceptual Example Code
Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this case, the attacker is injecting an SQL statement (`OR ‘1’=’1`) into the ‘id_funcionario’ field:
GET /html/funcionario/profile_funcionario.php?id_funcionario=' OR '1'='1 HTTP/1.1
Host: vulnerable-website.comWhen this request is processed by the web server, the SQL statement `OR ‘1’=’1` is inserted into the SQL query, potentially allowing the attacker to bypass authentication mechanisms, view sensitive data, or even execute commands on the underlying system.
Mitigation and Solution
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.4.3 of the WeGIA web manager. Users are strongly advised to update to this version or later. As an interim solution, deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can help mitigate the potential attack, but these are not long-term solutions and should only be used temporarily until the patch can be applied.