{"id":31079,"date":"2025-04-25T11:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-07T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:01:15","slug":"cve-2025-27302-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-chatlive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27302-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-chatlive\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-27302: Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability in CHATLIVE<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is ever-evolving, and with it comes the persistent threat of new vulnerabilities. One such vulnerability, CVE-2025-27302, has been discovered in CHATLIVE, a popular chat application developed by Claudio Adrian Marrero. This is a serious security issue, as it allows for potential SQL injection attacks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30727-unpatched-vulnerability-in-oracle-scripting-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35776\">leading to a system<\/a> compromise or data leakage. Given the widespread use of CHATLIVE, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26927-epc-ai-hub-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36107\">vulnerability puts numerous systems<\/a> at risk. This post aims to delve into the details of this vulnerability and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/army-cio-s-new-guidance-aligns-cybersecurity-service-providers-implications-and-insights\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36194\">provide guidance<\/a> on how to mitigate the risks associated with it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-27302<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.3 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3914-potential-arbitrary-file-uploads-and-system-compromise-in-aeropage-sync-for-airtable-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40733\">System compromise<\/a>, potential data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2825675603\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>CHATLIVE | n\/a through 2.0.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26683-improper-authorization-vulnerability-in-azure-playwright\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35686\">vulnerability emerges from improper<\/a> neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, commonly known as an SQL injection vulnerability. In other words, the application fails to correctly sanitize user-provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32843-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-authorization-bypass-and-data-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39036\">data before passing it to an SQL<\/a> query. An attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32834-exploiting-telecontrol-server-basic-via-sql-injection\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"38822\">exploit this by inserting malicious SQL<\/a> statements into input fields, for example, in a chat message. These statements could then be executed by the database, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30960-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-notfound-fs-poster\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36361\">unauthorized data access<\/a>, data manipulation, or even command execution on the underlying system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2679588412\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a<br \/>\n<strong>conceptual<\/strong><br \/>\n example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. In this hypothetical scenario, an attacker sends a chat message containing a malicious SQL command, tricking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46661-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ipw-systems-metazo\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40732\">system into executing<\/a> it.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/send_message HTTP\/1.1\nHost: chatlive.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;message&quot;: &quot;Hello, friend&#039;; DROP TABLE users; --&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the message includes the string &#8220;Hello, friend&#8217;; DROP TABLE users; &#8211;&#8220;. This could cause the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-40073-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-online-id-generator-system-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36392\">system to execute a SQL<\/a> command that deletes the &#8216;users&#8217; table from the database, leading to significant data loss.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39557-severe-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-kadence-woocommerce-email-designer\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36086\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a>, it is strongly recommended to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. However, until such a patch is released, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These systems can detect and block suspicious activity, such as the SQL injection attempts that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30967-critical-csrf-vulnerability-in-wpjobboard-plugin-allows-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36073\">vulnerability would allow<\/a>.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s also a good practice to validate and sanitize all inputs and implement parameterized queries or prepared statements to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-40072-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-online-id-generator-system-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"36219\">SQL injection<\/a> attacks. Regularly updating and patching your systems, along with continuous monitoring for any unusual activity, can go a long way in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3495-critical-security-vulnerability-in-delta-electronics-commgr-due-to-insufficiently-randomized-session-ids\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35976\">securing your systems against such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is ever-evolving, and with it comes the persistent threat of new vulnerabilities. One such vulnerability, CVE-2025-27302, has been discovered in CHATLIVE, a popular chat application developed by Claudio Adrian Marrero. This is a serious security issue, as it allows for potential SQL injection attacks, leading to a system compromise or data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[80,74],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-31079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce","attack_vector-sql-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31079"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36037,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31079\/revisions\/36037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=31079"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=31079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}