Overview
The cybersecurity landscape is an ever-evolving field where vulnerabilities, once discovered, can expose systems to significant risks. A striking example is the recent discovery of the CVE-2025-41033 vulnerability, affecting appRain CMF version 4.0.5. This vulnerability is of particular concern, given its potential for system compromise or data leakage. Essentially, it allows an attacker to perform create, read, update, and delete operations on the database, posing a serious threat to the integrity and confidentiality of data.
Vulnerability Summary
CVE ID: CVE-2025-41033
Severity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise or data leakage
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Product | Affected Versions
appRain CMF | 4.0.5
How the Exploit Works
The vulnerability is a result of improper input sanitization within the ‘data%5BPage%5D%5Bname%5D’ parameter in the /apprain/page/manage-dynamic-pages/create endpoint. An attacker can exploit this by injecting malicious SQL queries. As the application does not properly sanitize user input, the attacker’s SQL code is executed directly on the database, allowing them to manipulate data as they please.
Conceptual Example Code
An attacker could potentially use an HTTP request like the following to exploit the vulnerability:
POST /apprain/page/manage-dynamic-pages/create HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
data%5BPage%5D%5Bname%5D=normalInput'; DROP TABLE users;--In this conceptual example, the SQL command ‘DROP TABLE users’ would delete the entire ‘users’ table from the database if executed.
Mitigation and Recommendations
The immediate mitigation for this vulnerability is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it is available. In the meantime, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can help identify and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability. Furthermore, as a best practice, regular reviews and updates of your security controls are advised to protect against new and evolving threats.
