{"id":33901,"date":"2025-04-30T04:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:04:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-10T23:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T05:45:16","slug":"cve-2025-23176-sql-injection-vulnerability-poses-serious-threat-to-data-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23176-sql-injection-vulnerability-poses-serious-threat-to-data-security\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-23176: SQL Injection Vulnerability Poses Serious Threat to Data Security<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity community has recently identified a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-23176, which poses a significant threat to the integrity and security of data stored in databases. This vulnerability is linked specifically to SQL databases and has been categorized under CWE-89, indicating that it involves improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command, commonly known as an SQL Injection attack.<br \/>\nThe prevalence of SQL databases across a wide range of web applications makes this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32849-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39544\">vulnerability potentially<\/a> impactful to a large number of organizations and enterprises. More importantly, the severity of this vulnerability is high, as successful exploitation could lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/yale-new-haven-health-system-data-breach-a-comprehensive-analysis-of-a-cybersecurity-breach-impacting-5-5-million-patients\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"38568\">system compromise or data<\/a> leakage, significantly undermining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-23176<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 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=\"40862\">System compromise<\/a>, data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1006418902\" 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: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\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: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\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: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>MySQL | 5.7.32<br \/>\nOracle Database | 12.2.0.1<br \/>\n(Note: The above products and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49531-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-illustrator-versions-28-7-6-29-5-1-and-earlier\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86200\">versions are hypothetical and used for illustrative<\/a> purposes)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31350-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"38448\">SQL<\/a> queries within an application through the injection of malicious SQL code. This is typically achieved by placing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24274-input-validation-issue-exploitable-via-malicious-app-on-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60187\">malicious SQL statements in entry fields meant for user input<\/a>. If the application fails to properly sanitize the user input, the attacker can trick the system into executing the malicious SQL statements, <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=\"39028\">leading to data<\/a> manipulation or exfiltration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1685543367\" 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>Consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43949-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-mum-mapedit-web-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39543\">web application that uses the following SQL<\/a> query to authenticate users:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = &#039;[username]&#039; AND password = &#039;[password]&#039;;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>An attacker could input a specially crafted string as the username, such as `&#8217; OR &#8216;1&#8217;=&#8217;1`, which would result in the following SQL command:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = &#039;&#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039; AND password = &#039;[password]&#039;;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Since `&#8217;1&#8217;=&#8217;1&#8217;` is always true, this could allow the attacker to bypass authentication checks and gain unauthorized access to the application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43971-critical-vulnerability-in-gobgp-paving-the-way-for-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40129\">way to address this vulnerability<\/a> is by applying vendor patches as soon as they become available. If patches are not immediately accessible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation strategy. Additionally, it is important to follow best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3708-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-le-show-medical-practice-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42750\">practices for SQL<\/a> query construction, including the use of prepared statements or parameterized queries, which can prevent the insertion of malicious code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity community has recently identified a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-23176, which poses a significant threat to the integrity and security of data stored in databases. This vulnerability is linked specifically to SQL databases and has been categorized under CWE-89, indicating that it involves improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command, commonly [&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":[106],"product":[],"attack_vector":[75,74],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-33901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-oracle","attack_vector-authentication-bypass","attack_vector-sql-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33901","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=33901"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78993,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33901\/revisions\/78993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=33901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}