CVE-2019-25765 ASP-CMS Project CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for ASP-CMS installations, security teams, and IT administrators should assess exposure to this vulnerability and prioritize remediation. This includes operators of affected platforms, vulnerability management teams, and security personnel responsible for monitoring and incident response.

Why it matters

CVE-2019-25765 is a SQL injection vulnerability in ASP-CMS that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL. Defenders should prioritize verifying exposure and assessing potential impact on their systems.

• Verify exposure of ASP-CMS installations to SQL injection attacks
• Assess potential impact on systems and prioritize remediation
• Implement compensating controls to detect and prevent SQL injection attacks
• Monitor for suspicious activity and exception tracking

Technical summary

The CVE-2019-25765 vulnerability is a SQL injection issue in the commentList.asp endpoint of ASP-CMS. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL by manipulating the id parameter in GET requests. Attackers can bypass the application's keyword blocklist by interleaving the string 'master' within blocked SQL terms to extract sensitive database contents. This vulnerability was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-18 (UTC). The vulnerability affects ASP-CMS installations, and defenders should prioritize verifying exposure and assessing potential impact on their systems.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying exposure of ASP-CMS installations to this SQL injection vulnerability and assess the potential impact on their systems.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify exposure of ASP-CMS installations to this SQL injection vulnerability
• Assess the potential impact on systems and prioritize remediation
• Implement compensating controls to detect and prevent SQL injection attacks
• Monitor for suspicious activity and exception tracking
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented

Evidence notes

The vulnerability was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-18 (UTC). The CVE record and NVD entry provide details about the vulnerability, but the current exploitation status and affected versions require verification from official sources.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.