Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-1581

Medium

Published: 23 February 2025

Published
23 February 2025
Modified
28 February 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0002 5.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-1581 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Online Nurse Hiring System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 5.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

prevent

Directly prevents SQL injection by validating and sanitizing user inputs like the contactname parameter in /book-nurse.php.

prevent

Requires identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as this SQL injection vulnerability through timely patching or code remediation.

detect

Enables detection of SQL injection vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-1581 through regular vulnerability scanning and subsequent remediation.

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.
Why these techniques?

Direct SQL injection in a public-facing PHP web application enables remote exploitation of the exposed endpoint.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /book-nurse.php?bookid=1. The manipulation of the argument contactname leads to sql injection. The…

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

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-1581 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Online Nurse Hiring System 1.0. The flaw affects an unknown functionality within the file /book-nurse.php?bookid=1, where manipulation of the contactname argument triggers the injection. Published on 2025-02-23, it carries 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) and is linked to CWEs-74 and CWE-89.

The vulnerability enables remote exploitation with low attack complexity and requires low privileges from the attacker. Successful attacks can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a low degree, as per the CVSS metrics. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be actively used by threat actors.

Advisories and additional details are documented on VulDB (ctiid.296557, id.296557, submit.504450), a GitHub issue at https://github.com/wqywfvc/CVE/issues/10, and the vendor site https://phpgurukul.com/. No specific patch or mitigation steps are detailed in the primary disclosure.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

phpgurukul
online nurse hiring system
1.0

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