Advantech iView NetworkServlet.backupDatabase argument injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Advantech iView and classified as critical. This issue affects the function NetworkServlet.backupDatabase. The manipulation leads to argument injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-52459. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Advantech iView (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function NetworkServlet.backupDatabase. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a argument injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability exists in Advantech iView that allows for argument injection in NetworkServlet.backupDatabase(). This issue requires an authenticated attacker with at least user-level privileges. Certain parameters can be used directly in a command without proper sanitization, allowing arbitrary arguments to be injected. This can result in information disclosure, including sensitive database credentials.

The weakness was disclosed by Alex Williams as icsa-25-191-08. It is possible to read the advisory at cisa.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-52459 since 07/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/11/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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-2025-21077). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Argument injection
CWE: CWE-88 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Timelineinfo

07/02/2025 CVE reserved
07/11/2025 +9 days Advisory disclosed
07/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: advantech.com

Advisory: icsa-25-191-08
Researcher: Alex Williams
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-52459 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-52459
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-316067
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2025 07:01
Updated: 07/11/2025 09:23
Changes: 07/11/2025 07:01 (75), 07/11/2025 09:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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