CVE-2025-2472
Published: 18 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2472 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Apartment Visitors 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 39.0th 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 requires validation of inputs like the username parameter to reject SQL injection payloads, directly preventing exploitation of this vulnerability.
SI-2 mandates identification, reporting, and correction of flaws such as this SQL injection in the Sign In component.
RA-5 ensures regular vulnerability scanning that would identify this SQL injection vulnerability in /index.php for timely remediation.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web app login (/index.php) enables initial access via public-facing app exploitation (T1190), server software component abuse (T1505 as per VulDB), and data collection from databases (T1213.006) through arbitrary SQL queries for sensitive data retrieval.
NVD Description
A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /index.php of the component Sign In. The manipulation of the argument username leads…
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to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-2472 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in PHPGurukul Apartment Visitors Management System version 1.0. The issue resides in an unknown functionality of the /index.php file within the Sign In component, where manipulation of the "username" argument triggers the injection. Published on 2025-03-18, it carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via injected SQL payloads.
Advisories and details are available via VulDB entries (ctiid.299965, id.299965, submit.517264), a GitHub vulnerability report (l8BL/vul_report/issues/1), and the vendor site phpgurukul.com. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be actively used.
Notable context includes the public availability of the exploit, increasing the risk of real-world attacks against exposed instances of this management system.
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