CVE-2025-0176
Published: 03 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-0176 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Point Of Sales And Inventory Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 42.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-0176 is a SQL injection vulnerability in the Point of Sales and Inventory Management System 1.0 developed by code-projects. The issue resides in the processing of the file /user/add_cart.php, where manipulation of the id/qty arguments enables injection attacks. Rated as critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), it is associated with CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) and CWE-89 (SQL Injection). The vulnerability was published on January 3, 2025.
Remote attackers with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability by manipulating the id/qty parameters in requests to /user/add_cart.php, leading to SQL injection. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption within the application's database.
Advisories and details are documented on VulDB (ctiid.290105, id.290105, submit.473347), with a public proof-of-concept exploit available at a GitHub Gist. The original software source is hosted at code-projects.org. No specific patches or mitigations are detailed in the available references.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-1527
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in code-projects Point of Sales and Inventory Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /user/add_cart.php. The manipulation of the argument id/qty leads to sql injection.…
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The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web application (/user/add_cart.php) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), abuse of server software component for SQL command execution (T1505 as noted in advisory), and collection of data from databases (T1213.006) via arbitrary SQL queries.
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Mitigating Controls
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SI-10 enforces input validation and error handling that directly prevents SQL injection by neutralizing special elements in id/qty parameters processed by /user/add_cart.php.
SI-2 requires identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws such as the SQL injection vulnerability in the Point of Sales application.
SI-9 enforces input restrictions at the application level to block invalid or malicious data like SQL injection payloads in id/qty arguments.