Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessSend HTTP request to /plus/advancedsearch.php
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DeliveryInject SQL payload into `sql` parameter
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ExploitBackend executes attacker-controlled SQL
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ExecutionEnumerate database schema and extract credential hashes
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ImpactUse harvested credentials for further access
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The DeDeCMS advanced search feature must be deployed and its endpoint |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 base score of 6.9 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N reflects a highly accessible attack profile - network reachable, low complexity, no authentication, no user interaction required. However, the impact metrics (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L) are assessed as low across all CIA dimensions, suggesting partial database exposure rather than full system compromise from this vector alone. The E:P (exploit publicly available) supplemental metric materially elevates practical risk beyond the base score, as automated SQLi tooling can operationalize this class of vulnerability at scale. EPSS data was not provided in the input, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. Absence from CISA KEV suggests no confirmed widespread exploitation at time of analysis, but this is an absence-of-evidence signal, not confirmed safety. The combination of unauthenticated network access and public exploit code represents a real priority for exposed instances, even if the per-exploitation impact is bounded. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to a publicly exposed |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 20, 2026
SQL injection in DeDeCMS 53_1_UTF8 exposes the /plus/advancedsearch.php endpoint to remote unauthenticated database manipulation via an unsanitized sql argument. The flaw (CWE-89) allows attackers to craft malicious SQL statements that interact directly with the backend database, yielding limited but real confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. A public exploit has been disclosed (CVSS 4.0 E:P), lowering the skill barrier for exploitation; no CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis. As an immediate compensating control, restrict or block public HTTP access to /plus/advancedsearch.php at the web server (e.g., nginx deny all location block) or WAF layer - this directly eliminates the attack surface with minimal functional impact for most deployments where advanced search is not business-critical. Deploy a WAF rule to detect and block SQL metacharacters (single quotes, UNION, comment sequences) in the sql request parameter as a secondary layer; note this may generate false positives on legitimate searches containing SQL-like terms. If source code access is available, replace direct string interpolation in the affected file with prepared statements or PDO parameterized queries - this is the definitive fix. Monitor VulDB at https://vuldb.com/vuln/393243 and the DeDeCMS vendor repository for patch availability.
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DeDeCMS (织梦CMS) is a PHP-based content management system predominantly used in Chinese-language web publishing. The vulnerable component, /plus/advancedsearch.php, exposes an advanced search feature that accepts a sql parameter which is interpolated into backend database queries without adequate sanitization or use of parameterized statements - the root cause class defined by CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command). The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:n/a:dedecms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses wildcard versioning, indicating NVD has not formally bounded the affected version range beyond the 53_1_UTF8 release identified in the report. The attack surface is a standard HTTP endpoint, making SQLi tools such as sqlmap trivially applicable.
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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
Network-reachable with no authentication or user interaction; scope unchanged; low CIA impact consistent with partial database exposure without full system compromise.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A security vulnerability has been detected in DeDeCMS 53_1_UTF8. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /plus/advancedsearch.php. Such manipulation of the argument sql leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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