CVE-2025-2854
Published: 27 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2854 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Fabian Payroll 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 48.0th 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
Directly mandates validation of untrusted inputs like the emp_type parameter in update_employee.php to block SQL injection manipulation.
Requires timely remediation of the identified SQL injection flaw in the Payroll Management System to eliminate the vulnerability.
Enables vulnerability scanning to identify SQL injection issues like CVE-2025-2854 in web applications such as update_employee.php.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web application (update_employee.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), abuse of server software components (T1505 as noted in advisory), and collection from databases via arbitrary SQL queries (T1213.006).
NVD Description
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file update_employee.php. The manipulation of the argument emp_type leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched…
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remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-2854 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in code-projects Payroll Management System 1.0. It affects an unknown functionality within the file update_employee.php, where manipulation of the emp_type argument triggers the issue. The vulnerability, published on 2025-03-27, 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 can be exploited remotely.
A remote attacker with low privileges can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via SQL injection. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used, with other parameters possibly affected as well.
Advisories and additional details, including potential exploit code, are referenced at sites such as https://code-projects.org/, https://github.com/hak0neP/cve/blob/main/sql-fizz.md, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.301501, https://vuldb.com/?id.301501, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.522479. No specific patches or mitigations are detailed in the CVE description.
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