CVE Alert: CVE-2025-11430 – SourceCodester – Simple E-Commerce Bookstore

Risk verdict

High risk: remote SQL injection in the cart workflow with a publicly available exploit—attackers can probe unauthenticated access and leverage data impact.

Why this matters

Public PoC/exploit availability raises the chance of automated exploitation against exposed storefronts. Potential outcomes include leakage or modification of customer data and orders, plus degraded availability if database integrity is affected; regulatory and reputational consequences can follow.

Most likely attack path

No user authentication needed; an attacker can target an injectable input in the cart component and trigger a SQL injection to read or alter data. The exploit leverages a low-complexity, network-accessible entry point, with limited impact per the CVSS metrics but meaningful data and operational risk due to database access. Precondition is an injectable parameter; exploitation relies on insufficient input sanitisation and lack of parameterised queries.

Who is most exposed

Small to mid-size online shops running older, publicly reachable e-commerce software on common hosting stacks are most at risk, especially where patching or upgrades are infrequent.

Detection ideas

• Logs show repeated requests to the cart endpoint with suspicious input patterns (unusual quotes, UNION, SELECT fragments).
• Web application firewall alerts for SQLi-like signatures targeting the cart flow.
• Database logs show anomalous queries, errors, or data-access patterns consistent with injection attempts.
• Sudden spikes in failed or successful data retrieval from the storefront’s data layer.

Mitigation and prioritisation

• Apply vendor patch or upgrade to a non-vulnerable release; enforce parameterised queries and robust input validation in the affected component.
• Implement WAF rules to block common SQLi patterns and restrict the input surface for the cart feature; ensure the DB user has least-privilege permissions.
• Validate and harden all cart inputs; consider temporarily disabling the affected functionality if patching cannot be immediate.
• Schedule testing in a staging environment; verify transactional integrity and backups before deployment.
• Enhance monitoring: real-time alerts for SQL errors, unusual data access, and rapid change in storefront queries.