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CVE-2025-5878 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of special elements. The attack may be initiated remotely and an exploit has been disclosed to the public. The project was contacted early about this issue and handled it with an exceptional level of professionalism. Upgrading to version 2.7.0.0 is able to address this issue. Commit ID f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 is disabling the feature by default and any attempt to use it will trigger a warning. And commit ID e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 is updating the misleading Java class documentation to warn about the risks.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 6.9 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin13.pdf VulDB
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 VulDB
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 VulDB
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases/tag/esapi-2.7.0.0 VulDB
https://github.com/uglory-gll/javasec/blob/main/ESAPI.md VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314321 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?id.314321 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?submit.590149 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/?submit.590150 VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-138 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements VulDB  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-5878
NVD Published Date:
06/29/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/30/2025
Source:
VulDB