What is CVE-2025-57516?

CVE-2025-57516 is a high-severity vulnerability in Publiccms, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2025-57516?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-57516 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Publiccms

CVE-2025-57516

OS Command injection vulnerability in PublicCMS PublicCMS-V5.202506.a, and PublicCMS-V5.202506.b allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted DATABASE, USERNAME, or PASSWORD variables to the backupDB.bat file.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Publiccms — versions 5.202506.a, 5.202506.b
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-57516?: CVE-2025-57516 is a high-severity vulnerability in Publiccms, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2025-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2025-57516?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-57516 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.