CVE-2025-50972
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSQL Injection vulnerability in AbanteCart 1.4.2, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the tmpl_id parameter to index.php. Three techniques have been demonstrated: error-based injection using a crafted FLOOR-based payload, time-based blind injection via SLEEP(), and UNION-based injection to extract arbitrary data.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in AbanteCart 1.4.2 allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the tmpl_id parameter in index.php. The vulnerability supports three exploitation techniques: error-based injection using FLOOR(), time-based blind injection via SLEEP(), and UNION-based injection for data extraction.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.4.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify AbanteCart installation versionCheck the version file (typically in /core/bootstrap.php or /index.php) or access the admin dashboard About page to confirm the installed version is exactly 1.4.2Affected if The installed version is AbanteCart 1.4.2 exactly
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Verify index.php accepts tmpl_id parameterInspect the index.php file in the web root for code that processes the tmpl_id GET or POST parameter without sanitizationAffected if index.php contains direct use of $_REQUEST['tmpl_id'] or similar without prepared statements
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Check database query handling for tmpl_idSearch the application source code for SQL queries that incorporate the tmpl_id parameter, looking for concatenation or direct insertion into query strings rather than parameterized queriesAffected if SQL queries in the codebase use tmpl_id directly in query strings without binding/parameterization
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Confirm public access to vulnerable endpointVerify that index.php is accessible without authentication and accepts the tmpl_id parameter via URL query string (e.g., index.php?tmpl_id=test)Affected if The index.php endpoint is publicly accessible and processes tmpl_id without requiring authentication
You are affected if running AbanteCart version 1.4.2 and the index.php file processes the tmpl_id parameter without parameterized database queries.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database operations involving the tmpl_id parameter and all user-controlled inputs, combined with strict input validation. If a patched version is available, upgrade immediately.
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