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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVE-2025-25226

Medium
6.9/10

Summary

An improper handling of identifiers leads to a SQL Injection vulnerability in the "quoteNameStr" method of the database package. Please note that the affected method is a protected method and has no usage in the original package in either the 2.x or 3.x branches. Therefore, the vulnerability cannot be exploited when using the original database class. However, classes extending the affected class may be vulnerable if the method is used. This vulnerability affects joomla/database package versions 1.0-alpha through 2.1.1, and 3.0.0 through 3.3.1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-89 - SQL Injection

Structured Query Language (SQL) injection attacks are one of the most common types of vulnerabilities. They exploit weaknesses in vulnerable applications to gain unauthorized access to backend databases. This often occurs when an attacker enters unexpected SQL syntax in an input field. The resulting SQL statement behaves in the background in an unintended manner, which allows the possibility of unauthorized data retrieval, data modification, execution of database administration operations, and execution of commands on the operating system.

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