What is CVE-2025-50972?

CVE-2025-50972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Abantecart, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-50972?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-50972 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Abantecart

CVE-2025-50972

SQL 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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.005 (36.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Abantecart — versions 1.4.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-50972?: CVE-2025-50972 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Abantecart, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-50972?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-50972 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.