CVE-2025-2053
Published: 07 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2053 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 6.1th 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 prevents SQL injection by requiring validation and sanitization of untrusted inputs like the editid parameter in visitor-detail.php.
Ensures timely identification, reporting, and correction of the SQL injection flaw in the application code.
Vulnerability scanning detects SQL injection issues like CVE-2025-2053 in web applications prior to exploitation.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in /visitor-detail.php enables exploitation of public-facing web applications (T1190), abuse of server software components for arbitrary query execution (T1505), and collection of data from databases via UNION-based attacks (T1213.006).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System 1.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file /visitor-detail.php. The manipulation of the argument editid leads to sql injection. It is possible to…
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launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-2053 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System 1.0. The flaw resides in an unknown function within the file /visitor-detail.php, where manipulation of the editid argument enables SQL injection. Published on 2025-03-07, it carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and is associated with CWEs 74 and 89.
The vulnerability allows remote exploitation over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. It demands low privileges (PR:L), enabling authenticated users with basic access to inject malicious SQL payloads via the editid parameter. Successful exploitation can result in low-level impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or denial of service within the application's database.
Advisories and references, including VulDB entries (ctiid.298806, id.298806, submit.514234), a GitHub issue at guttlefish/vul/issues/11, and the vendor site phpGurukul.com, provide further details. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be actively used by attackers.
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