# CVE-2025-9651: shafhasan chatbox chat.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in chat.php via the user_id parameter to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrqq-pj3p-9cgr

## What is CVE-2025-9651?

CVE-2025-9651 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in shafhasan chatbox, published on 29 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in shafhasan chatbox up to 156a39cde62f78532c3265a70eda12c70907e56f. This impacts an unknown function of the file /chat.php. The manipulation of the argument user_id results in sql injection. The attack may be performed from a remote location. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This product utilizes a rolling release system for continuous delivery, and as such, version information for affected or updated releases is not disclosed.

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-2025-9651?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9651?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9651 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9651 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9651 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9651 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9651 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in shafhasan chatbox, published on 29 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-9651 exists.

Affected product: shafhasan chatbox. 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-2025-9651/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9651/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9651
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9651
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9651

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9651/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.