WBCE CMS up to 1.6.4 User Management admin/users/save.php groups[] sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in WBCE CMS up to 1.6.4. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the file admin/users/save.php of the component User Management Module. Executing a manipulation of the argument groups[] can lead to sql injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-65950. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in WBCE CMS up to 1.6.4. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file admin/users/save.php of the component User Management Module. The manipulation of the argument groups[] 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. CVE summarizes:

WBCE CMS is a content management system. In versions 1.6.4 and below, the user management module allows a low-privileged authenticated user with permissions to modify users to execute arbitrary SQL queries. This can be escalated to a full database compromise, data exfiltration, effectively bypassing all security controls. The vulnerability exists in the admin/users/save.php script, which handles updates to user profiles. The script improperly processes the groups[] parameter sent from the user edit form. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.5.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-65950 since 11/18/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

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Upgrading to version 1.6.5 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 96046178f4c80cf16f7c224054dec7fdadddda7e is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Content Management System

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• WBCE

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• CMS

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• 1.6.0
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.2
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4

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• free

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