CVE-2025-55065

Step 1: Payload Delivery: The attacker identifies an input field (e.g., username, password, search box) in the web application.

Step 2: Crafting the Payload: The attacker constructs a malicious SQL injection payload designed to achieve a specific goal (e.g., bypass authentication, retrieve data, execute commands). This payload includes SQL commands like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and potentially operating system commands if the database allows it.

Step 3: Payload Injection: The attacker submits the crafted payload through the identified input field.

Step 4: Query Execution: The vulnerable application receives the input, incorporates it into an SQL query without proper sanitization, and executes the query against the database.

Step 5: Exploitation: The database interprets the injected SQL code, executes the attacker's commands, and returns the results. The attacker can then use the results to achieve their objectives, such as gaining unauthorized access or extracting sensitive information.

Step 6: Post-Exploitation: The attacker may attempt to escalate privileges, maintain persistence, or exfiltrate data depending on the database configuration and the attacker's goals.

The vulnerability stems from improper input validation and sanitization of user-supplied data before it is used in SQL queries. Specifically, the application fails to adequately neutralize special characters or escape sequences that can be interpreted as SQL commands. This allows an attacker to inject malicious SQL code into input fields, such as login forms or search boxes. The absence of prepared statements or parameterized queries further exacerbates the issue, as these techniques would prevent the attacker's input from being directly interpreted as SQL code. The root cause is a coding error where the developers did not implement robust input validation or used vulnerable string concatenation to build SQL queries. This allows an attacker to manipulate the query logic and execute arbitrary SQL commands.