{"id":57051,"date":"2025-07-04T00:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T00:19:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T18:32:32","slug":"cve-2025-52834-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-favethemes-homey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52834-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-favethemes-homey\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-52834: SQL Injection Vulnerability in favethemes Homey<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is once again on alert as a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-52834, has been discovered in favethemes Homey. This susceptibility to SQL Injection could potentially compromise systems or lead to data leakage, posing a serious threat to users of Homey up to version 2.4.5. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/introducing-the-ameeba-cybersecurity-group-chat\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88424\">cybersecurity<\/a> experts, it is paramount to understand the nature of this vulnerability, its potential impacts, and suitable mitigation strategies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-52834<br \/>\nSeverity: High, CVSS Score 9.3<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6510-critical-vulnerability-in-netgear-ex6100-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63666\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1741864816\" 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>favethemes Homey | up to 2.4.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability lies in the improper neutralization of special elements used in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44635-unauthorized-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-h3c-series-routers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63534\">SQL<\/a> command within favethemes Homey. As a result, an attacker can manipulate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46101-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-beakon-learning-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63561\">SQL<\/a> queries in the application&#8217;s database by injecting malicious SQL statements. This exploit could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-20599-unauthorized-access-to-crypto-co-processor-registers-in-asp-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64242\">lead to unauthorized<\/a> viewing, modification, or deletion of data in the database, or even taking control of the platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3134817679\" 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 conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. An attacker could send an HTTP POST request with a malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49853-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-controlid-idsecure-on-premises-versions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64357\">SQL payload to a vulnerable<\/a> endpoint:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;user_input&quot;: &quot;&#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039;; DROP TABLE users; --&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This payload, if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49126-critical-reflected-xss-vulnerability-in-visionatrix-ai-media-processing-tool\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63601\">processed by a vulnerable<\/a> SQL query, could result in all users being deleted from the user&#8217;s database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended mitigation strategy for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6192-high-severity-heap-corruption-vulnerability-in-google-chrome\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63542\">high-severity vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor patch as soon as it is available. As a temporary measure, utilizing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) may help to detect and prevent malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52822-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-iqonic-design-wp-roadmap\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63933\">SQL injection<\/a> attempts. Moreover, it is always a good practice to sanitize and validate all user inputs to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-41691-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-os4ed-open-source-information-system-community\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64154\">SQL injections<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is once again on alert as a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-52834, has been discovered in favethemes Homey. This susceptibility to SQL Injection could potentially compromise systems or lead to data leakage, posing a serious threat to users of Homey up to version 2.4.5. 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