{"id":73837,"date":"2025-09-10T15:35:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:35:26","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:32:01","slug":"cve-2025-41032-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-apprain-cmf-4-0-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41032-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-apprain-cmf-4-0-5\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-41032: Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability in appRain CMF 4.0.5<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SQL injection vulnerabilities are one of the most dangerous threats to data-driven applications and services. This blog post will discuss the recently discovered critical vulnerability CVE-2025-41032, found in appRain Content Management Framework (CMF) 4.0.5. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52352-critical-vulnerability-in-aikaan-iot-management-platform-allows-unauthorized-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81819\">vulnerability allows<\/a> an attacker to manipulate the database, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. It affects any organization that uses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41034-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-apprain-cmf-4-0-5\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87413\">appRain CMF<\/a> 4.0.5 in their infrastructure, potentially putting confidential information at risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-41032<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS 9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22404-potential-system-compromise-due-to-use-after-free-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85618\">System compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2512858028\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41033-critical-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-apprain-cmf-4-0-5\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87415\">appRain | CMF<\/a> 4.0.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24005-local-privilege-escalation-via-vulnerable-ssh-script\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81932\">vulnerability is exploited via<\/a> the &#8216;data%5BAdmin%5D%5Busername%5D&#8217; parameter in the \/apprain\/admin\/manage\/add\/ endpoint. By sending a specially crafted request to this endpoint, an attacker can exploit the SQL <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-51991-server-side-template-injection-vulnerability-in-xwiki-s-administration-interface\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81390\">injection vulnerability<\/a> to retrieve, create, update, and delete the database. This is possible because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before passing it to SQL queries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3366767324\" 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 of a malicious <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=\"81481\">HTTP POST request that could exploit this vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/apprain\/admin\/manage\/add\/ HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\ndata%5BAdmin%5D%5Busername%5D=&#039; OR &#039;1&#039;=&#039;1&#039;; --<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to mitigate this vulnerability is to apply the vendor&#8217;s patch as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, organizations can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation, ensuring that suspicious requests are detected and blocked. Additionally, it is always a good practice to validate and sanitize all user inputs and use parameterized queries or prepared statements to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54119-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-adodb-php-database-class-library\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82624\">SQL injection<\/a> attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview SQL injection vulnerabilities are one of the most dangerous threats to data-driven applications and services. This blog post will discuss the recently discovered critical vulnerability CVE-2025-41032, found in appRain Content Management Framework (CMF) 4.0.5. This vulnerability allows an attacker to manipulate the database, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. 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