{"id":59868,"date":"2025-08-04T08:48:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:48:55","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:08:55","slug":"cve-2025-8264-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-z-push-imap-backend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8264-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-z-push-imap-backend\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-8264: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Z-Push IMAP Backend<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this blog post, we will discuss a critical vulnerability noted as CVE-2025-8264 that affects versions of the Z-Push package prior to 2.7.6. This vulnerability exposes systems to the risk of SQL Injection attacks, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Specifically, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23318-critical-python-backend-vulnerability-in-nvidia-triton-inference-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76292\">vulnerability is present in the IMAP backend<\/a> of the Z-Push package, where unparameterized queries leave room for malicious manipulation by attackers. It&#8217;s important to note that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43209-high-risk-out-of-bounds-access-vulnerability-affecting-multiple-apple-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69686\">vulnerability only affects<\/a> Z-Push installations that utilize the IMAP backend and have the IMAP_FROM_SQL_QUERY option configured.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-8264<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.0)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31278-memory-corruption-vulnerability-with-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70409\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3696986117\" 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>Z-Push | Before 2.7.6<\/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=\"67560\">Injection vulnerability<\/a> in Z-Push stems from the use of unparameterized queries in the IMAP backend. An attacker can exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53964-critical-file-manipulation-vulnerability-in-goldendict\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67178\">vulnerability by manipulating<\/a> the username field in basic authentication to inject malicious SQL commands. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41666-watchdog-file-replacement-vulnerability-allowing-remote-access-and-control\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66736\">allows the attacker to access<\/a> and potentially alter or delete sensitive data from a linked third-party database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3371787930\" 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 an attacker might exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7692-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-orion-login-with-sms-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69971\">vulnerability using a manipulated username field in basic authentication:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/z-push\/index.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nAuthorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU=&#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039;; DROP TABLE users; --:password<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the above example, the value for the username, when decoded, <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=\"67881\">injects an SQL<\/a> command to delete the &#8216;users&#8217; table from the database. This is a simplistic example but highlights the potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47998-severe-heap-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-windows-routing-and-remote-access-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67561\">severity of the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users are advised to either apply the vendor patch or use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary measure. Specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9114-critical-arbitrary-user-password-change-vulnerability-in-doccure-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88300\">users can change<\/a> the configuration to use the default or LDAP in backend\/imap\/config.php:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">define(&#039;IMAP_DEFAULTFROM&#039;, &#039;&#039;);<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">define(&#039;IMAP_DEFAULTFROM&#039;, &#039;ldap&#039;);<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This vulnerability emphasizes the importance of parameterizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7097-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-comodo-internet-security-premium\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68236\">SQL<\/a> queries to prevent SQL Injection attacks. Always ensure that your systems are updated with the latest patches and <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=\"66735\">security configurations to protect against such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In this blog post, we will discuss a critical vulnerability noted as CVE-2025-8264 that affects versions of the Z-Push package prior to 2.7.6. This vulnerability exposes systems to the risk of SQL Injection attacks, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. Specifically, this vulnerability is present in the IMAP backend of the Z-Push [&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-59868","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\/59868","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=59868"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81109,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59868\/revisions\/81109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59868"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59868"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59868"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59868"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59868"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59868"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}