CVE-2025-1859
Published: 03 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-1859 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting PHPGurukul News Portal version 4.1. The flaw exists in the processing of the /login.php file, where manipulation of the 'id' argument enables SQL code injection. Associated with CWE-74 and CWE-89, it received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and was published on 2025-03-03.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity, requiring no user interaction. By injecting malicious SQL via the 'id' parameter in /login.php, attackers can achieve low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption within the application's database.
Advisories and details are available in references including https://github.com/panghuanjie/Code-audits/issues/2, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.298127, https://vuldb.com/?id.298127, https://vuldb.com/?submit.506350, and the vendor site at https://phpgurukul.com/. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.
Notable context includes the public availability of the exploit, increasing the risk of immediate exploitation against unpatched instances of PHPGurukul News Portal 4.1.
Details
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Affected Products
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in /login.php enables exploitation of public-facing web application (T1190) and unauthorized database queries for data collection (T1213.006).