CVE-2025-43960

HIGHNVD 8.68.6—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-08-25. NVD baseline CVSS 8.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
8.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Adminer 4.8.1, when using Monolog for logging, allows a Denial of Service (memory consumption) via a crafted serialized payload (e.g., using s:1000000000), leading to a PHP Object Injection issue. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can trigger this by sending a malicious serialized object, which forces excessive memory usage, rendering Adminer’s interface unresponsive and causing a server-level DoS. While the server may recover after several minutes, multiple simultaneous requests can cause a complete crash requiring manual intervention.

CVSS v3
8.6
EG Score
8.6(medium)
EG Risk
54(Track)
EG Risk 54/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity86% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
53%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2025

Last Modified

September 12, 2025

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Sep 2, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Adminer - Database management in a single PHP file

https://www.adminer.org
generic

Comparing v4.8.1...v4.8.2 · vrana/adminer · GitHub

https://github.com/vrana/adminer/compare/v4.8.1...v4.8.2
generic🟡 PoC Available

GitHub - far00t01/CVE-2025-43960: CVE-2025-43960 - PHP Object Injection en Adminer < 4.8.1 con Monolog (DoS) · GitHub

https://github.com/far00t01/CVE-2025-43960
generic

GitHub - Seldaek/monolog: Sends your logs to files, sockets, inboxes, databases and various web services · GitHub

https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
composervrana/adminer—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
adminer4.7.9-2 ... 5.4.4+dfsg-1 (12 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
adminer4.8.1-1 ... 6.0.1-1 (13 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
adminer5.2.1+dfsg-1 ... 6.0.1-1 (9 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
adminer5.2.1+dfsg-1 ... 6.0.1-1 (9 versions)——
Packagist(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
vrana/adminerv4.2.0 ... v4.8.1 (26 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-43960?
CVE-2025-43960 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2025. Adminer 4.8.1, when using Monolog for logging, allows a Denial of Service (memory consumption) via a crafted serialized payload (e.g., using s:1000000000), leading to a PHP Object Injection issue. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can trigger this by sending a malicious serialized object, which…
When was CVE-2025-43960 disclosed?
CVE-2025-43960 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2025, with the most recent update on September 12, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-43960 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-43960 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 47.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-43960?
CVE-2025-43960 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-43960?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-43960, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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