chinabugotech hutool up to 5.8.3 QLExpressEngine command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in chinabugotech hutool up to 5.8.3. Affected by this issue is the function QLExpressEngine. The manipulation leads to Remote Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-56769. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in chinabugotech hutool up to 5.8.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function QLExpressEngine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in chinabugotech hutool before 5.8.4 allowing attackers to execute arbitrary expressions that lead to arbitrary method invocation and potentially remote code execution (RCE) via the QLExpressEngine class.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-56769 since 08/17/2025. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.8.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: hutool 5.8.4

Timelineinfo

08/17/2025 CVE reserved
09/26/2025 +40 days Advisory disclosed
09/26/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/27/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 3994
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-56769 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-56769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325931

Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2025 06:11
Updated: 09/27/2025 01:43
Changes: 09/26/2025 06:11 (54), 09/27/2025 01:43 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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