Emoncms 11.6.9 /feed/insert.json data query sql injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Emoncms 11.6.9. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /feed/insert.json. Such manipulation of the argument data query leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-22992. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Emoncms 11.6.9. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /feed/insert.json. The manipulation of the argument data query with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A SQL Injection vulnerability exists in the /feed/insert.json endpoint of the Emoncms project >= 11.6.9. The vulnerability is caused by improper handling of user-supplied input in the data query parameter, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands under specific conditions.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-22992 since 01/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/30/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

By approaching the search of inurl:feed/insert.json it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-3065). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Emoncms

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• 11.6.9

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• Product: https://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/

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