Quick answers
- Is CVE-2025-51652 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-51652 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2025-51652?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.4, published 14 July 2025.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- SEMCMS 5.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-51652?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2025-51652 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2025-51652?
- Check whether you run SEMCMS at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A SQL injection vulnerability exists in SemCms v5.0 within the SEMCMS_Categories.php file. The vulnerability is rooted in the improper neutralization of special elements within the 'pid' parameter. An authenticated attacker with low-level privileges can send specially crafted network requests to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the backend database. This can result in unauthorized data retrieval or modification. A Proof of Concept (PoC) has been disclosed publicly. Users should monitor the vendor's site for patches or implement input validation on the affected parameter.
Affected products
- SemCms SemCms 5.0
Timeline
- 2025-07-14: disclosed: Initial vulnerability disclosure and CVE assignment.
- 2025-07-14: advisory: NVD published the vulnerability details.