{"id":64207,"date":"2025-08-21T04:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T04:11:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T23:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:37:19","slug":"cve-2025-54678-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-easy-form-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54678-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-easy-form-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-54678: SQL Injection Vulnerability in Easy Form Builder<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity world is currently facing yet another vulnerability, CVE-2025-54678, which affects a wide range of web applications using hassantafreshi&#8217;s Easy Form Builder. This vulnerability is an SQL Injection attack, which is a code injection technique that attackers use to exploit security vulnerabilities in a website&#8217;s software. The risk is high, as it allows attackers to interfere with the queries an application makes to its database, directly affecting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-26383-critical-vulnerability-in-amd-tee-puts-system-integrity-and-data-availability-in-jeopardy\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88061\">integrity and confidentiality of data<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53546-high-severity-vulnerability-in-folo-s-github-workflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73410\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a>, based on the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) Severity Score, is critical and therefore poses a substantial threat. It is essential for organizations to understand this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20217-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-snort-3-detection-engine-of-cisco-secure-firewall-threat-defense-software\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76972\">threat and take immediate actions to mitigate the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-54678<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.3 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74812\">Potential system compromise and data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2631206125\" 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>Easy Form Builder | n\/a through 3.8.15<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability works by not properly neutralizing special elements that are used in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-51390-command-injection-vulnerability-in-totolink-n600r\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73768\">SQL<\/a> command. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47168-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-word-allowing-unauthorized-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73140\">allows an attacker to insert malicious SQL code<\/a> into user input fields, which is then executed by the database. This type of attack, known as Blind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50240-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-nbcio-boot-v1-0-3\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71915\">SQL Injection<\/a>, can lead to unauthorized viewing of user lists, deletion of entire tables, and even compromising the entire system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-732733148\" 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 example demonstrates a simplified scenario of exploiting the vulnerability. It assumes that an attacker is attempting to exploit a vulnerable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6679-critical-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-bit-form-builder-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75346\">form input field on a website using the Easy<\/a> Form Builder:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable_form HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nusername=&#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039;; -- &amp; password=Anything<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker manipulates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26186-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-opensis-v-9-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71963\">SQL query by injecting<\/a> `&#8217; OR &#8216;1&#8217;=&#8217;1&#8242;; &#8211;` into the username field. This always evaluates to true, enabling the attacker to bypass input validation and potentially gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72577\">unauthorized access to sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, the most effective solution is to apply the vendor-provided patch. Applying this patch will ensure that the software is no longer susceptible to this form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-51535-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-austrian-archaeological-institute-s-openatlas\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73961\">SQL Injection<\/a>. If the patch is not yet available or cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary protection by detecting and blocking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50341-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-axelor-5-2-4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74524\">SQL injection<\/a> attempts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity world is currently facing yet another vulnerability, CVE-2025-54678, which affects a wide range of web applications using hassantafreshi&#8217;s Easy Form Builder. This vulnerability is an SQL Injection attack, which is a code injection technique that attackers use to exploit security vulnerabilities in a website&#8217;s software. 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