What is CVE-2025-5497?

CVE-2025-5497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpwcms, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-06-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-5497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Deserialization in Phpwcms

CVE-2025-5497

A vulnerability was detected in slackero phpwcms up to 1.9.45/1.10.8. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file include/inc_module/mod_feedimport/inc/processing.inc.php of the component Feedimport Module. Performing manipulation of the argument cnt_text results in deserialization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.9.46 and 1.10.9 is sufficient to resolve this issue. The patch is named 41a72eca0baa9d9d0214fec97db2400bc082d2a9. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2025-06-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Phpwcms
Slackero Phpwcms — versions 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
github.com/3em0/cve_repo/blob/main/phpwcms/phar vulnerability in phpwcms.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
github.com/slackero/phpwcms/commit/41a72eca0baa9d9d0214fec97db2400bc082d2a9 (patch)
github.com/slackero/phpwcms/releases/tag/v1.10.9 (Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5497?: CVE-2025-5497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpwcms, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-06-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-5497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.