CVE-2025-25349
Published: 12 February 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-25349 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Daily Expense Tracker System. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 40.3th 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
Information input validation directly prevents SQL injection by sanitizing and validating the costitem parameter before inclusion in database queries.
Flaw remediation requires timely identification and patching of the specific SQL injection vulnerability in /dets/add-expense.php.
Least privilege restricts database account permissions, limiting the impact of successful SQL injection exploitation on data access or modification.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web application (/dets/add-expense.php) enables initial access via exploitation (T1190) and data collection from databases (T1213.006).
NVD Description
PHPGurukul Daily Expense Tracker System v1.1 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in /dets/add-expense.php via the costitem parameter.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-25349 is a SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in PHPGurukul Daily Expense Tracker System version 1.1, specifically affecting the /dets/add-expense.php endpoint through the costitem parameter. Published on 2025-02-12, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating critical severity due to its potential for severe impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation enables arbitrary SQL query execution, allowing attackers to read sensitive data, modify records, or disrupt database operations in the affected application.
Further technical details, including proof-of-concept information, are available in the referenced writeup at https://github.com/vkcyberexpert/CVE-Writeup/blob/main/PHPGurukul/Daily%20Expense%20Tracker%20System/SQL%20Injection%20item%20add-expense%20costitem%20parameter.pdf.
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