{"id":47277,"date":"2025-06-01T09:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T09:44:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-06-25T05:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T11:34:48","slug":"cve-2025-46463-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-yamna-khawaja-mailing-group-listserv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46463-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-yamna-khawaja-mailing-group-listserv\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-46463: Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability in Yamna Khawaja Mailing Group Listserv<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system recently disclosed a severe security vulnerability, CVE-2025-46463, identified in the Yamna Khawaja Mailing Group Listserv. This vulnerability is an example of an SQL Injection attack, a prevalent security risk that targets databases through a web interface. Due to the nature of this vulnerability, it poses a significant risk to businesses and organizations utilizing the Listserv from version n\/a through 3.0.4, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2409-file-corruption-vulnerability-in-aspect-with-potential-for-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"53102\">potentially leading to system<\/a> compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-46463<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS Score: 8.5<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32309-potential-system-compromise-due-to-remote-file-inclusion-in-php-program\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56740\">System Compromise<\/a>, Data Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2723706094\" 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>Yamna Khawaja Mailing Group Listserv | n\/a through 3.0.4<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SQL Injection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44084-command-injection-vulnerability-in-d-link-di-8100\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52849\">vulnerability in the Yamna Khawaja Mailing Group<\/a> Listserv allows an attacker to send malicious SQL commands to the underlying database of the Listserv application. This is possible due to the software&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-49563-improper-neutralization-exploit-in-dell-unity-leads-to-privilege-escalation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56786\">improper neutralization<\/a> of special elements contained within these commands. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5353-local-authenticated-attacker-exploit-in-ivanti-workspace-control\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61347\">attacker can exploit<\/a> this by sending specially crafted requests to the Listserv application, which, when processed, manipulates the database into performing actions as directed by the attacker. This can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48017-improper-pathname-limitation-leads-to-unauthorized-file-modification\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"52968\">lead to unauthorized<\/a> access, data modification, or even a system compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2663836919\" 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>The following conceptual example illustrates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39495-high-critical-vulnerability-in-boldthemes-avantage-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54209\">potential attack using this vulnerability<\/a>. Please note that this example is simplified and does not represent a real-world scenario.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/submitForm HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nemail=a&#039; UNION SELECT * FROM users; --&amp;password=test<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22455-local-authenticated-attacker-decrypts-stored-sql-credentials-in-ivanti-workspace-control\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60872\">attacker inputs a malicious SQL<\/a> statement in the &#8217;email&#8217; parameter. When the Listserv application processes this request, it inadvertently runs the attacker&#8217;s command, potentially returning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48749-netwrix-directory-manager-s-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56739\">sensitive user data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remediation and Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Systems running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30171-critical-system-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-aspect-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"53048\">Yamna Khawaja Mailing Group<\/a> Listserv version n\/a through 3.0.4 are vulnerable. Administrators are strongly advised to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch as soon as possible to mitigate the risk. If immediate patching is not possible, implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as temporary mitigation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45984-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-detected-in-blink-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61346\">detecting and potentially blocking malicious SQL commands<\/a>. However, these solutions are not a long-term fix and do not completely secure the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31049-untrusted-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-themeton-dash-exposes-systems-to-object-injection\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"53839\">system from the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system recently disclosed a severe security vulnerability, CVE-2025-46463, identified in the Yamna Khawaja Mailing Group Listserv. This vulnerability is an example of an SQL Injection attack, a prevalent security risk that targets databases through a web interface. Due to the nature of this vulnerability, it poses a significant [&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-47277","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\/47277","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=47277"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55024,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47277\/revisions\/55024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47277"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=47277"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=47277"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=47277"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=47277"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=47277"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=47277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}