{"id":59304,"date":"2025-07-12T00:41:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T00:41:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:55:40","slug":"cve-2025-30979-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-pixelating-image-slideshow-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30979-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-pixelating-image-slideshow-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-30979: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Pixelating Image Slideshow Gallery<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is witnessing the emergence of a new and severe vulnerability, CVE-2025-30979. This security flaw affects the Pixelating image slideshow gallery, a popular tool used in various platforms to create and manage image slideshows. The vulnerability is due to the improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, also known as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4784-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-moderec-tourtella\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68440\">SQL Injection<\/a> flaw. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8028-critical-vulnerability-in-firefox-and-thunderbird-due-to-incorrect-computation-of-branch-address\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73851\">vulnerability is particularly concerning due<\/a> to its potential to compromise systems or leak data, leading to significant security risks for any system employing the affected versions of Pixelating image slideshow gallery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-30979<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.5\/10)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74192\">Potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2527770982\" 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>Pixelating Image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49897-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-gopiplus-vertical-scroll-slideshow-gallery-v2\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75384\">Slideshow Gallery<\/a> | n\/a through 8.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The SQL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54451-code-injection-vulnerability-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67608\">Injection vulnerability<\/a>, CVE-2025-30979, exists due to the application&#8217;s failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input before incorporating it into SQL queries. This allows an attacker to manipulate the SQL query by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54444-unrestricted-file-upload-leading-to-code-injection-in-samsung-electronics-magicinfo-9-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67609\">injecting malicious SQL code<\/a>, leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information in the database, data manipulation, or even remote code execution in some cases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3106292110\" 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 is a conceptual example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49526-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-illustrator-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75196\">illustrating how the vulnerability<\/a> could be exploited. This is not an actual exploit, but a hypothetical representation of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45346-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-bacula-web-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67864\">SQL injection attack against the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/pixelating_image_slideshow_gallery\/ HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nimage_id=1; DROP TABLE users; --<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a POST request with the malicious payload &#8220;1; DROP TABLE users; &#8211;&#8220;. If the application does not correctly sanitize the input and includes it directly into an SQL query, it would result in the unintended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42916-high-impact-database-table-deletion-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88685\">deletion of the &#8220;users&#8221; table from the database<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the CVE-2025-30979 vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. Until then, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary protection by detecting and blocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26854-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-joomla-good-search-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69050\">SQL injection<\/a> attempts. It is also important to follow best practices for SQL query construction, including the use of parameterized queries or prepared statements, which can help to prevent SQL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7097-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-comodo-internet-security-premium\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68231\">injection vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is witnessing the emergence of a new and severe vulnerability, CVE-2025-30979. This security flaw affects the Pixelating image slideshow gallery, a popular tool used in various platforms to create and manage image slideshows. 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