{"id":59655,"date":"2025-07-26T10:22:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:22:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T05:54:36","slug":"cve-2025-24936-unfiltered-user-input-leads-to-command-injection-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24936-unfiltered-user-input-leads-to-command-injection-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-24936: Unfiltered User Input Leads to Command Injection Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-24936 is a high-severity vulnerability that has the potential to compromise system integrity or leak sensitive data. It arises from a web application that fails to adequately sanitize user input before passing it to a command executed on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability affects any system that runs the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7096-critical-vulnerability-in-comodo-internet-security-premium-12-3-4-8162\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68233\">vulnerable application and is connected to the internet<\/a>, making it a wide-spread issue of significant concern.<br \/>\nThe effects of this vulnerability are far-reaching, as an attacker with low privileged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52688-critical-vulnerability-allowing-root-command-injection-on-access-point\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70090\">access to the application can execute commands<\/a> on the operating system under the context of the web server. This could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43186-critical-memory-handling-issue-leading-to-unexpected-app-termination-and-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70091\">potentially give them control over the system<\/a> or access to confidential data. As a result, it is paramount for organizations to understand and address this issue promptly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-24936<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical, CVSS Score 9.0<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=\"74223\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3085911199\" 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>WebAppX | All versions up to 2.5.1<br \/>\nWebAppY | All versions up to 3.1.4<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41687-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-u-link-management-api\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68330\">vulnerable component bound to the network stack<\/a>. In essence, an attacker sends a specially crafted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36845-server-side-request-forgery-ssrf-vulnerability-in-eveo-urve-web-manager\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74225\">request to the web<\/a> application. This request contains malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3499-unauthenticated-rest-apis-expose-system-to-os-command-injection-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77646\">commands that are passed directly to the underlying operating system<\/a> without any form of validation or filtering. Consequently, these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46122-arbitrary-command-execution-vulnerability-in-commscope-ruckus-unleashed\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78933\">commands are then executed<\/a> with the same privileges as the web server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1232832463\" 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 is a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52362-critical-server-side-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-phproxy\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74224\">vulnerability might be exploited using a HTTP request:<\/a><\/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;; rm -rf \/;&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the user input `&#8221;; rm -rf \/;&#8221;` is a command that, if executed, will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7778-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability-in-icons-factory-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79665\">delete all files<\/a> on the system. The semicolon at the start is used to separate this command from any previous command that might be part of the web application&#8217;s normal operation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary mitigation for CVE-2025-24936 is to apply the vendor patch. The patch will ensure that user inputs are properly sanitized before being passed to the operating system, thereby preventing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7097-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-comodo-internet-security-premium\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68232\">command injection<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn cases where applying the patch is not immediately feasible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7793-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh451-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70092\">systems can detect and block attempts to exploit the vulnerability<\/a>. However, these are only temporary solutions, and it is strongly recommended to apply the patch as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-24936 is a high-severity vulnerability that has the potential to compromise system integrity or leak sensitive data. It arises from a web application that fails to adequately sanitize user input before passing it to a command executed on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability affects any system that runs the vulnerable application and is [&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":[78],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59655","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=59655"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72099,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59655\/revisions\/72099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59655"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59655"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59655"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59655"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59655"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59655"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}