CVE-2025-2052
Published: 07 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2052 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Apartment Visitors Management 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 18.6th 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
SI-10 directly prevents SQL injection by requiring validation of untrusted inputs like the 'contactno' argument in /forgot-password.php to neutralize special elements.
SI-2 ensures timely remediation of the specific SQL injection flaw in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System 1.0 via patching or code fixes.
SI-9 restricts inputs to valid formats for 'contactno', such as numeric digits only, blocking SQL injection payloads.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in /forgot-password.php enables exploitation of public-facing web applications (T1190), abuse of server software components (T1505 as noted in advisory), exploitation specifically for credential access via database dumps (T1212), and collection from databases (T1213.006).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /forgot-password.php. The manipulation of the argument contactno 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.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-2052 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System 1.0, affecting the processing of the /forgot-password.php file. The issue arises from improper handling of the 'contactno' argument, enabling SQL injection as classified under CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command) and CWE-89 (SQL Injection). 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 was published on 2025-03-07.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by attackers with low privileges, such as authenticated users, requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through SQL injection, potentially enabling data exfiltration, modification, or disruption within the application's database.
Advisories and references, including a GitHub issue at https://github.com/guttlefish/vul/issues/10, VulDB entries at https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.298805, https://vuldb.com/?id.298805, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.514218, and the vendor site at https://phpgurukul.com/, document the issue. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used.
In notable context, the public availability of the exploit increases the risk of real-world attacks against unpatched instances of this management system.
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