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CVE-2025-5878

A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Enc

A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of special elements.

The attack may be initiated remotely and an exploit has been disclosed to the public. The project was contacted early about this issue and handled it with an exceptional level of professionalism. Upgrading to version 2.7.0.0 is able to address this issue.

Commit ID f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 is disabling the feature by default and any attempt to use it will trigger a warning. And commit ID e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 is updating the misleading Java class documentation to warn about the risks.

HIGH · CVSS 7.3 EPSS 0.00626
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-138Improper Neutralization of Special Elements
CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Scoring & Timeline

7.3
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cna@vuldb.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Jun 2025 · 12:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-8181-1
oracle-cpuoracle-cpu-Oracle-Database-Oracle-Essbase-4379--CVE-2025-5878
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References & Sources

10
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin13.pdf
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512
https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases/tag/esapi-2.7.0.0
https://github.com/uglory-gll/javasec/blob/main/ESAPI.md
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.314321
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