CVE-2025-54119: The ADOdb sqlite3 driver allows SQL injection
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. Note that the indicated Severity corresponds to a worst-case usage scenario, e.g. allowing user-supplied data to be sent as-is to the above-mentioned methods.
Published Aug 4, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Affected packages
adodb/adodb-php
- Ecosystem
- Composer (PHP)
- Affected
- <= 5.22.9
- Fixed in
- 5.22.10
- Check
composer show adodb/adodb-php
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
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.
Note that the indicated Severity corresponds to a worst-case usage scenario, e.g. allowing user-supplied data to be sent as-is to the above-mentioned methods.
Impact
SQLite3 driver.
Patches
Vulnerability is fixed in ADOdb 5.22.10 (https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/5b8bd52cdcffefb4ecded1b399c98cfa516afe03).
Workarounds
Only pass controlled data to metaColumns(), metaForeignKeys() and metaIndexes() method's $table parameter.
Credits
Thanks to Marco Nappi (@mrcnpp) for reporting this vulnerability.
Credited to mrcnpp, dregad.
References
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/security/advisories/GHSA-vf2r-cxg9-p7rf
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/1083
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/5b8bd52cdcffefb4ecded1b399c98cfa516afe03
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54119
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00020.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf2r-cxg9-p7rf
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