Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-0233

HighPublic PoC

Published: 05 January 2025

Published
05 January 2025
Modified
10 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0006 18.8th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-0233 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Codezips Project Management System. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 18.8th 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).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 2 other techniques. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

prevent

Directly remediates the SQL injection flaw in /pages/forms/course.php by identifying, reporting, and correcting the vulnerability.

prevent

Prevents SQL injection by validating the course_name argument at input points to reject malicious payloads.

prevent

Mitigates remote SQL injection exploitation through boundary protection mechanisms like web application firewalls that inspect and filter course_name inputs.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing web app (/pages/forms/course.php) enables initial access via exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), abuse of server software components (T1505 as noted in advisory), and collection of data from databases (T1213.006) through unauthorized DB access, leakage, and manipulation.

NVD Description

A vulnerability was found in Codezips Project Management System 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /pages/forms/course.php. The manipulation of the argument course_name leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate…

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the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-0233 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in Codezips Project Management System 1.0. It affects an unknown part of the file /pages/forms/course.php, where manipulation of the course_name argument enables the injection.

The vulnerability is exploitable remotely over the network with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, base score 7.3). Unauthenticated attackers can initiate the attack to achieve limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Advisories referenced in VulDB entries (ctiid.290229, id.290229, submit.474673) and a GitHub issue (1074923869/CVE/issues/1) document the issue, but no specific patches or mitigation steps are detailed in the available information.

The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

codezips
project management system
1.0

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