CVE-2018-25399: The Open ISES Project 3.30A SQL Injection via nearby.php

Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-29 · updated 2026-07-21
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Open ISES Project 3.30A contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through the tick_lat and tick_lng parameters. Attackers can send GET requests to nearby.php with crafted SQL payloads to extract sensitive database information including usernames, database names, and version details.

Affected products

Open ISES Project: 3.30A

References

http://openises.sourceforge.net/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openises/files/latest/download
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45645
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/the-open-ises-project-3-30a-sql-injection-via-nearby-php

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