CVE-2025-8122: Widzialni Pad CMS SQLi Vulnerability

CVE-2025-8122 Overview

CVE-2025-8122 is a Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in Widzialni Pad CMS. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of input supplied by an authorized user in the article positioning functionality. Attackers with valid low-privilege credentials can inject crafted SQL payloads through this feature to extract database contents. The issue affects all three product templates: www, bip, and ww+bip. The vendor has declared the product End-Of-Life and will not release patches, leaving deployments permanently exposed unless removed or isolated. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-89 and was disclosed in the CERT PL Analysis of CVE-2025-7063.

Critical Impact
Authenticated attackers can exfiltrate sensitive database content from Pad CMS deployments, and no vendor patch will ever be released because the product is End-Of-Life.

Affected Products

Widzialni Pad CMS (www template)
Widzialni Pad CMS (bip template)
Widzialni Pad CMS (ww+bip template)

Discovery Timeline

2025-09-30 - CVE-2025-8122 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-8122

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability resides in the article positioning functionality of Pad CMS. This feature accepts ordering or positioning parameters from authenticated users and concatenates them into backend SQL statements without parameterization or sanitization. Because the responses do not directly return query results, exploitation proceeds as Blind SQL Injection. Attackers infer data byte by byte using boolean-based or time-based inference techniques. The attack is conducted over the network and requires only low-privilege authenticated access, which is typically granted to content editors in CMS deployments. Successful exploitation compromises database confidentiality and integrity, exposing administrative credentials, session tokens, and stored content metadata.

Root Cause

The root cause is improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, as classified under CWE-89. Pad CMS passes user-controlled positioning parameters directly into SQL queries instead of using prepared statements with bound parameters. The same defective code pattern is present across all three product templates (www, bip, ww+bip), indicating a shared underlying data access layer.

Attack Vector

An authenticated attacker with editor-level access submits crafted values to the article positioning endpoint. The malicious payload uses conditional SQL expressions or SLEEP() style functions to infer database content based on response behavior or response timing. Refer to the CERT PL Analysis of CVE-2025-7063 for related technical details on the Pad CMS vulnerability cluster.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-8122

Indicators of Compromise

Unusually long HTTP request durations against article positioning endpoints, indicating time-based blind SQL injection probes.
Repeated authenticated requests from a single session that vary only in positioning parameter values containing SQL keywords such as AND, OR, SLEEP, BENCHMARK, or IF.
Database error log entries originating from the Pad CMS web application user despite no administrative activity.
Spikes in HTTP 500 responses correlated with editor-level user activity.

Detection Strategies

Deploy web application firewall (WAF) rules that flag SQL metacharacters in positioning parameters submitted to Pad CMS endpoints.
Enable database query logging and alert on queries containing inline conditional expressions originating from the CMS service account.
Correlate authenticated CMS session activity with anomalous response time distributions to identify time-based inference attempts.

Monitoring Recommendations

Forward web server, application, and database logs to a centralized SIEM for correlation across authentication and query layers.
Baseline normal editor activity and alert on deviations such as bulk positioning changes within short time windows.
Monitor for privilege changes or new administrator accounts created shortly after suspicious positioning requests.

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-8122

Immediate Actions Required

Inventory all Pad CMS instances across www, bip, and ww+bip templates and confirm exposure scope.
Restrict access to the CMS administration interface using network-level controls such as VPN or IP allowlisting.
Revoke or audit all editor-level accounts and enforce strong, unique credentials with multi-factor authentication where supported.
Plan migration to a vendor-supported CMS platform, since no patches will be issued for this End-Of-Life product.

Patch Information

No patch is available. The vendor has confirmed that Pad CMS is End-Of-Life and will not publish fixes for this vulnerability. Organizations must treat migration away from the product as the only complete remediation path.

Workarounds

Place the application behind a WAF configured to block SQL injection patterns on article positioning endpoints.
Restrict the database account used by Pad CMS to read-only privileges where feasible, and remove access to sensitive tables not required for CMS operation.
Remove editor accounts that no longer require write access and rotate credentials for all remaining accounts.
Decommission public-facing Pad CMS instances and replace them with a supported CMS as the strategic remediation.

bash

# Example: restrict access to CMS admin interface via nginx allowlist
location /admin/ {
    allow 10.0.0.0/8;
    deny all;
    proxy_pass http://padcms_backend;
}