Overview
The world of cybersecurity is constantly evolving, with new threats and vulnerabilities being discovered every day. One such vulnerability, CVE-2025-49876, is a significant concern, particularly because it affects the popular Metagauss ProfileGrid software. As a result, a wide range of systems and networks are potentially at risk. This vulnerability is an instance of SQL Injection, a common and dangerous type of cyber attack that can lead to severe consequences.
SQL Injection vulnerabilities are problematic because they give the attacker a way to interfere with the queries that an application makes to its database. With this kind of access, an attacker can manipulate these queries to view data they shouldn’t be able to access, modify or delete data, or even gain administrative rights on the system. The risk posed by this vulnerability is underscored by its high CVSS Severity Score of 8.5.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-49876
Severity: Critical CVSS 8.5
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
Metagauss ProfileGrid | Up to 5.9.5.2
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability arises from the improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command. In other words, the software does not properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in SQL queries. This means that a potential attacker can inject malicious SQL code into the user input, which is then executed by the database, leading to SQL Injection.
Conceptual Example Code
Here’s a conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability. They could send a malicious HTTP request that looks like this:
POST /metagauss/profilegrid/api/login HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
username=admin' OR '1'='1'; -- &password=passIn this example, the attacker is trying to log in as an admin user. The `’ OR ‘1’=’1′; — ` part of the username is the malicious SQL code. Because `1` will always equal `1`, this will always evaluate to true, bypassing the need for a password. The `–` part is a comment symbol in SQL, meaning that everything after it will be ignored. This allows the attacker to ignore the password check entirely.
Recommendation for Mitigation
To mitigate this vulnerability, users are urged to apply the latest vendor patch. If a patch is not immediately available or cannot be applied right away, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation by detecting and preventing SQL Injection attacks. As a longer-term solution, it is recommended to always sanitize user inputs in the application before they are used in SQL queries to prevent this type of vulnerability.