Open Source Social NetworkApplication · Opensource Socialnetwork

CVE-2025-63585

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-11-05
Mitigation only
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74/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
OSSN (Open Source Social Network) 8.6 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in /action/rtcomments/status via the timestamp parameter.

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 confidence

OSSN (Open Source Social Network) version 8.6 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the /action/rtcomments/status endpoint where the timestamp parameter is not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries.

MitigationApply parameterized queries or input validation/sanitization to the timestamp parameter in the affected endpoint, or upgrade to a patched version of OSSN when available.

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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
Open Source Social NetworkApplication
Affected:= 8.6

CVSS 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
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed OSSN version
    Locate the version file or configuration - typically in includes/ossn.version.php, or check the database version table, or look at the admin dashboard About page
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 8.6 or falls within the affected range = 8.6
  2. Verify the vulnerable endpoint file exists
    Check if the file action/rtcomments/status.php exists in the OSSN installation directory
    Affected if The file action/rtcomments/status.php exists in the installation
  3. Check if timestamp parameter handling is present
    Examine the status.php file in the rtcomments action folder - specifically look for how the timestamp parameter is processed in SQL queries
    Affected if The code uses the timestamp parameter directly in SQL queries without parameterized queries or input sanitization
  4. Determine endpoint accessibility
    Test if the endpoint /action/rtcomments/status is accessible via HTTP request (requires authentication if the site requires login)
    Affected if The endpoint is accessible and accepts timestamp parameter input without proper sanitization

If the installed OSSN version is 8.6 and the vulnerable endpoint file exists, the environment is affected by this SQL injection vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply parameterized queries or input validation/sanitization to the timestamp parameter in the affected endpoint, or upgrade to a patched version of OSSN when available.

Fix this in Open Source Social Network Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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