CVE-2025-1859
Published: 03 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1859 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul News Portal. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.5th 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-2025-1859 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting PHPGurukul News Portal version 4.1. The flaw exists in the processing of the /login.php file, where manipulation of the 'id' argument enables SQL code injection. Associated with CWE-74 and CWE-89, it received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and was published on 2025-03-03.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with low complexity, requiring no user interaction. By injecting malicious SQL via the 'id' parameter in /login.php, attackers can achieve low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption within the application's database.
Advisories and details are available in references including https://github.com/panghuanjie/Code-audits/issues/2, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.298127, https://vuldb.com/?id.298127, https://vuldb.com/?submit.506350, and the vendor site at https://phpgurukul.com/. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.
Notable context includes the public availability of the exploit, increasing the risk of immediate exploitation against unpatched instances of PHPGurukul News Portal 4.1.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-5814
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHPGurukul News Portal 4.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /login.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated…
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remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in /login.php enables exploitation of public-facing web application (T1190) and unauthorized database queries for data collection (T1213.006).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates SQL injection by requiring validation of the untrusted 'id' parameter in /login.php before database queries.
Requires timely remediation of the specific critical SQL injection flaw in PHPGurukul News Portal 4.1 via patching or code correction.
Enforces restrictions on input types and quantities for parameters like 'id' to block malicious SQL injection payloads at application boundaries.