Overview
The cybersecurity landscape is continually evolving, and one of the latest identified threats is the CVE-2025-58462 vulnerability, a significant SQL injection risk. This vulnerability affects the OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link (PAL) versions before 11.13.1.0, a widely used software solution. The flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to manipulate a site’s database, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. It is crucial to understand this vulnerability’s details, its impact, and how to mitigate it due to the high severity rating of 9.8.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-58462
Severity: Critical (9.8)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
OPEXUS FOIAXpress Public Access Link | Versions before 11.13.1.0
How the Exploit Works
The CVE-2025-58462 vulnerability takes advantage of an SQL injection point in the OPEXUS FOIAXpress PAL’s SearchPopularDocs.aspx page. An attacker can inject malicious SQL commands into the input fields of this page, bypassing the application’s security measures. Since the application does not properly sanitize the inputs, these commands could be executed directly on the database. As a result, the attacker could potentially read, write, or delete any content in the underlying database.
Conceptual Example Code
The following is a conceptual example of how the SQL injection attack might be carried out. Note that the actual attack would depend on the specific SQL database and the attacker’s objectives.
GET /SearchPopularDocs.aspx?searchParam=ANYTHING'; DROP TABLE users;-- HTTP/1.1
Host: vulnerable-website.comIn this example, the `ANYTHING’; DROP TABLE users;–` is a SQL payload designed to delete the ‘users’ table from the database. The `’;` ends the current command, `DROP TABLE users` issues a new command to delete the table, and `–` comments out the rest of the original SQL query, preventing errors that could alert administrators to the attack. This example shows the potential destructiveness of this vulnerability and highlights the need for immediate remediation.
