Emlog Pro up to 2.5.8 search_controller.php sql injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Emlog Pro up to 2.5.8. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file search_controller.php. This manipulation causes sql injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-30372. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Emlog Pro up to 2.5.8. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file search_controller.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Emlog is an open source website building system. Emlog Pro versions pro-2.5.7 and pro-2.5.8 contain an SQL injection vulnerability. `search_controller.php` does not use addslashes after urldecode, allowing the preceeding addslashes to be bypassed by URL double encoding. This could result in potential leakage of sensitive information from the user database. Version pro-2.5.9 fixes the issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30372 since 03/21/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:search_controller.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.5.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Emlog Pro

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• 2.5.0
• 2.5.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.5.3
• 2.5.4
• 2.5.5
• 2.5.6
• 2.5.7
• 2.5.8

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• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxx <=x.x.x Xxxxxxxxx (by god_mellon)

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