CVE-2025-2386
Published: 17 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2386 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Local Services Search Engine 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 44.7th 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 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
SI-10 directly prevents SQL injection in /serviceman-search.php by requiring validation of the manipulable 'location' parameter before database queries.
SI-2 mandates timely identification and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw documented in CVE-2025-2386.
RA-5 requires vulnerability scanning that would identify the SQL injection vulnerability in the PHPGurukul application's /serviceman-search.php endpoint.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unauthenticated SQL injection in public-facing web application enables remote exploitation (T1190), arbitrary data collection from databases (T1213.006), and stored data manipulation including tampering (T1565.001).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Local Services Search Engine Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /serviceman-search.php. The manipulation of the argument location leads to sql injection. The attack may…
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be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-2386 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in PHPGurukul Local Services Search Engine Management System version 1.0. The issue affects the processing of the /serviceman-search.php file, where manipulation of the "location" argument enables SQL injection. Published on 2025-03-17, it carries 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).
Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication or user interaction. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption within the affected application.
Advisories and additional details are documented in references such as https://github.com/aionman/cve/issues/7, https://phpgurukul.com/, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.299885, https://vuldb.com/?id.299885, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.516546. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used.
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