CVE-2025-0233
Published: 05 January 2025
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
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly remediates the SQL injection flaw in /pages/forms/course.php by identifying, reporting, and correcting the vulnerability.
Prevents SQL injection by validating the course_name argument at input points to reject malicious payloads.
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
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.
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