{"id":63947,"date":"2025-08-10T05:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-29T02:50:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:50:52","slug":"cve-2025-54119-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-adodb-php-database-class-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54119-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-adodb-php-database-class-library\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-54119: SQL Injection Vulnerability in ADOdb PHP Database Class Library<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post delves into the critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-54119, which exists in ADOdb, a PHP database class library. This security flaw is of particular concern because it affects a wide array of web applications and systems using ADOdb versions 5.22.9 and below, as it may allow a malicious actor to execute arbitrary SQL statements. 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=\"73836\">vulnerability is significant due<\/a> to the potential for system compromise or sensitive data leakage, which could lead to severe consequences for businesses, including financial loss and damage to reputation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-54119<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS 10.0)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50160-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-rras-posing-system-compromise-risk\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78595\">System Compromise<\/a>, Potential Data Leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2465490064\" 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>ADOdb PHP Database Class Library | 5.22.9 and below<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44954-critical-vulnerability-in-ruckus-smartzone-due-to-hardcoded-ssh-private-key\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73985\">vulnerability arises due<\/a> to improper escaping of a query parameter in the metaColumns(), metaForeignKeys() or metaIndexes() methods of the ADOdb library when connecting to a sqlite3 database. A malicious attacker can craft a specially designed table name that, when used in these methods, can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32451-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-foxit-reader-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74442\">lead to the execution of arbitrary<\/a> SQL statements. This exploit can manipulate or extract data from the database, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74258\">potentially leading to full system compromise<\/a> or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2457310233\" 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 an attacker might exploit this vulnerability:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">SELECT * FROM malicious_table_name&#039;; DROP TABLE sensitive_data;--<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the &#8216;malicious_table_name&#8217; is the crafted table name that is passed into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21120-trusting-http-permission-methods-on-the-server-side-vulnerability-in-dell-avamar\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81492\">vulnerable methods<\/a> (metaColumns(), metaForeignKeys() or metaIndexes()). The crafted table name includes SQL syntax to drop a table named &#8216;sensitive_data&#8217;, demonstrating how an attacker could manipulate the database structure or data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigation Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The recommended solution to mitigate this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43588-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-substance3d-sampler-versions-5-0-and-earlier\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73515\">vulnerability is to upgrade to ADOdb version<\/a> 5.22.10, which contains a fix for this issue. In situations where an immediate upgrade is not feasible, consider implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary measure. However, these should not replace patching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54742-data-deserialization-vulnerability-in-wpevently-leading-to-possible-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"86517\">vulnerability as they might not fully protect against all possible<\/a> exploitation methods. Additionally, it is best practice to only pass controlled data to the metaColumns(), metaForeignKeys(), and metaIndexes() method&#8217;s $table parameter to prevent similar vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post delves into the critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-54119, which exists in ADOdb, a PHP database class library. 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