# CVE-2025-14966: FastAdmin Backend Controller Backend.php selectpage sql injection

> Remote attackers with permissions can exploit SQL injection in the selectpage function to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 24 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rfqh-qhwq-hww8

## What is CVE-2025-14966?

CVE-2025-14966 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in FastAdmin, published on 19 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was determined in FastAdmin up to 1.7.0.20250506. Affected is the function selectpage of the file application/common/controller/Backend.php of the component Backend Controller. Executing a manipulation of the argument custom/searchField can lead to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14966?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fastadmin Fastadmin.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14966 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14966 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in FastAdmin

- [CVE-2021-43117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43117/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-25967](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25967/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-17431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17431/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-11077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11077/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-21665](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-21665/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14966 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14966 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in FastAdmin, published on 19 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14966 exists.

Affected product: FastAdmin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14966/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14966/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14966
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14966
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14966

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14966/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.