{"id":38648,"date":"2025-05-16T11:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:09:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-15T01:05:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T07:05:56","slug":"cve-2025-46189-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-client-database-management-system-1-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46189-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-client-database-management-system-1-0\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-46189: SQL Injection Vulnerability in SourceCodester Client Database Management System 1.0<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is continuously grappling with a plethora of vulnerabilities, the latest of which is the CVE-2025-46189. This vulnerability affects SourceCodester Client Database Management System 1.0, a popular tool used by many organizations for managing their client databases. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to its ability to enable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-57230-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-netgear-rax5-wifi-router\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43293\">SQL<\/a> injection attacks, which could potentially lead to system compromise or data leakage. Given the gravity of this situation, it is crucial to not only understand this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47933-arbitrary-actions-and-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability-in-argo-cd\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58461\">vulnerability but also to take prompt actions<\/a> for mitigation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-46189<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-49126-critical-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2023-allows-for-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43414\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3915682997\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46188-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-client-database-management-system-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45163\">SourceCodester Client Database Management System<\/a> | 1.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47549-critical-unrestricted-file-upload-vulnerability-in-themefic-beaf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43896\">vulnerability exists in the user_order_customer_update.php file<\/a>. It allows an attacker to manipulate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44074-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-seacms-v13-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43300\">SQL queries by injecting<\/a> malicious SQL statements via the order_id POST parameter. Consequently, this could enable an attacker to read sensitive data from the database, modify database data (Insert\/Update\/Delete), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46193-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sourcecodester-client-database-management-system-1-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45282\">execute administration operations on the database<\/a> (such as shutdown the DBMS), recover the content of a given file present on the DBMS file system, or even issue commands to the operating system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3796392632\" 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>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45997-exploiting-file-upload-vulnerability-in-web-based-pharmacy-product-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58462\">vulnerability might be exploited<\/a>. Please note that this is for educational purposes only and should not be used for malicious activities.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/user_order_customer_update.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\norder_id=1;DROP TABLE users;--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the attacker sends a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4827-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51700\">POST request<\/a> with a malicious SQL command (`DROP TABLE users;&#8211;`) injected via the order_id parameter. If the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47945-critical-vulnerability-in-donetick-task-management-application-allows-full-account-takeover\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51699\">application is vulnerable<\/a>, this command will cause the users table in the database to be deleted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most effective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3844-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-peprodev-ultimate-profile-solutions-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"45132\">solution to this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor-provided patch. Until the patch can be applied, a temporary mitigation measure could be the deployment of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) that can filter out or detect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44072-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-seacms-v13-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43308\">SQL injection<\/a> attacks at the network level. In the long run, it is always advisable to follow secure coding practices, such as input validation, parameterized queries, or ORM frameworks, to prevent SQL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-57229-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-netgear-rax5-wifi-router\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"43290\">injection vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is continuously grappling with a plethora of vulnerabilities, the latest of which is the CVE-2025-46189. This vulnerability affects SourceCodester Client Database Management System 1.0, a popular tool used by many organizations for managing their client databases. This vulnerability is particularly concerning due to its ability to enable SQL injection attacks, which [&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":[74],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-38648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-sql-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38648","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=38648"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52185,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38648\/revisions\/52185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38648"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=38648"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=38648"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=38648"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=38648"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=38648"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=38648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}