CVE-2025-57516

Exp

OS Command injection vulnerability in PublicCMS PublicCMS-V5.202506.a, and PublicCMS-V5.202506.b allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted DATABASE, USERNAME, or PASSWORD variables to the backupDB.bat file.

Published: 2025-09-29 Last update: 2025-12-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-57516 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-57516

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-57516

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.87% 1.16% -1.71%
2 2026-06-04 3.21% 2.87% -0.34%
3 2026-05-16 — 3.21% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-57516

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 4.2 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-57516

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-57516

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
publiccms publiccms 5.202506.a cpe:2.3:a:publiccms:publiccms:5.202506.a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
publiccms publiccms 5.202506.b cpe:2.3:a:publiccms:publiccms:5.202506.b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-57516

URL Tags
https://github.com/sanluan/PublicCMS/issues/97 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence