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title: "CVE-2025-54119: The ADOdb sqlite3 driver allows SQL injection"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-54119/
description: "CVE-2025-54119 (adodb/adodb-php (Composer (PHP))): ADOdb is a PHP database class library that provides abstractions for performing queries and managing…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-08-05
date_modified: 2025-11-03
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-54119"
kev: false
cvss: 10
epss: 0.00504
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-54119: The ADOdb sqlite3 driver allows SQL injection

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.5% , percentile 42: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (low). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes adodb/adodb-php (Composer (PHP)) <= 5.22.9, fixed in 5.22.10 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

ADOdb is a PHP database class library that provides abstractions for performing queries and managing databases. In versions 5.22.9 and below, improper escaping of a query parameter may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements when the code using ADOdb connects to a sqlite3 database and calls the metaColumns(), metaForeignKeys() or metaIndexes() methods with a crafted table name. This is fixed in version 5.22.10. To workaround this issue, only pass controlled data to metaColumns(), metaForeignKeys() and metaIndexes() method's $table parameter.

## Affected packages

- Composer (PHP) `adodb/adodb-php` <= 5.22.9 → fixed: 5.22.10

## Affected products (CVE record)

- ADOdb ADOdb: < 5.22.10

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 10 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 10.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 42.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-vf2r-cxg9-p7rf](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf2r-cxg9-p7rf)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-54119](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54119)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-54119](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54119)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/security/advisories/GHSA-vf2r-cxg9-p7rf)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/1083)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/5b8bd52cdcffefb4ecded1b399c98cfa516afe03)
- [lists.debian.org](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00020.html)

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