Database read and modification via unfiltered registration fields
Published May 4, 2025 · Updated May 6, 2025
SQL injection in Nero Social Networking Site 1.0 allows remote attackers to read or alter database data through a crafted registration request. The unauthenticated registration handler in index.php directly splices fname and other submitted profile fields into an SQL statement without filtering. No account or user interaction is required, and the demonstrated error-based payload discloses the active database name.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Nero Social Networking Site 1.0 allows remote attackers to read or alter database data through a crafted registration request. The unauthenticated registration handler in index.php directly splices fname and other submitted profile fields into an SQL statement without filtering. No account or user interaction is required, and the demonstrated error-based payload discloses the active database name.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-4250
- Published
- May 4, 2025
- Updated
- May 6, 2025
- Vendor
- Tutorials Website
- Product
- Nero Social Networking Site
- Classifications
- CWE-74, CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Nero Social Networking Site index.php SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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