{"id":58619,"date":"2025-07-09T14:14:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:14:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-03T03:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:47:33","slug":"cve-2025-1708-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-postgresql-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1708-high-risk-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-postgresql-database\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-1708: High-Risk SQL Injection Vulnerability in PostgreSQL Database<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, new vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered and exploited. One such vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1708, has been found to pose a significant threat to the security of PostgreSQL databases. As a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52829-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-directiq-email-marketing\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65212\">SQL injection<\/a>, this vulnerability allows attackers to dump and read the content of the database, potentially leading to system compromise and data leakage.<br \/>\nThis vulnerability affects any applications that interact with PostgreSQL databases and have not implemented proper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53652-jenkins-git-parameter-plugin-unvalidated-input-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68623\">input sanitization or utilized parameterized<\/a> queries. The severity of this issue is amplified by the fact that databases often contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43233-critical-https-proxy-vulnerability-allowing-sensitive-data-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71401\">sensitive and valuable data<\/a>, making them attractive targets for cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-1708<br \/>\nSeverity: High &#8211; CVSS 8.6<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43933-high-risk-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-via-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71399\">System compromise<\/a>, data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3854172510\" 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>PostgreSQL | All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55010-arbitrary-php-object-instantiation-in-kanboard-prior-to-version-1-2-47\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77982\">versions prior<\/a> to patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An attacker can exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53002-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-llama-factory\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65200\">vulnerability by injecting malicious SQL code<\/a> into an application&#8217;s query, which interacts with a PostgreSQL database. The application, assuming the input to be safe, executes the query, unintentionally running the attacker&#8217;s code. This allows the attacker to manipulate the SQL query to dump the database and read its content, providing them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6505-unauthorized-access-and-impersonation-vulnerability-in-progress-software-s-hybrid-data-pipeline-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71398\">access to potentially sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-318730365\" 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>Given the nature of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23967-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-gg-bought-together-for-woocommerce\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65211\">SQL Injection vulnerabilities<\/a>, an attacker might exploit this vulnerability with a malicious SQL statement embedded within user input. For example:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/search HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-app.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nsearch=normalSearchTerm&#039;; DROP TABLE users; --<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker has appended a harmful SQL statement (`DROP TABLE users;`) to a regular <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/pseudopod\"   title=\"search\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90955\">search<\/a> term. If the application does not properly sanitize the input, it would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54416-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-tj-actions-branch-names-github-action\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71400\">execute the dangerous SQL command<\/a>, leading to the users table being dropped from the database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, new vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered and exploited. One such vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1708, has been found to pose a significant threat to the security of PostgreSQL databases. As a form of SQL injection, this vulnerability allows attackers to dump and read the content of the database, potentially [&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-58619","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\/58619","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=58619"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83911,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58619\/revisions\/83911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58619"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=58619"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=58619"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=58619"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=58619"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=58619"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=58619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}