CVE-2025-7163
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7163 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Zoo 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 in the top 49.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection vulnerability in public-facing web application (/admin/add-animals.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), abuse of server software components (T1505 as assigned in advisory), and collection of data from databases (T1213.006).
NVD Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHPGurukul Zoo Management System 2.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/add-animals.php. The manipulation of the argument cnum leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the…
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attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-7163 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (classified under CWE-74 and CWE-89) in PHPGurukul Zoo Management System version 2.1. The flaw resides in an unknown function within the file /admin/add-animals.php, where manipulation of the 'cnum' argument enables SQL injection. It has 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).
The vulnerability is exploitable remotely over the network with low attack complexity, requiring only low privileges, and no user interaction. An attacker with such access can achieve limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption via injected SQL queries.
Advisories and further details are available in the referenced sources, including a GitHub issue at https://github.com/f1rstb100d/myCVE/issues/106, the vendor site at https://phpgurukul.com/, and VULDB entries at https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.315102, https://vuldb.com/?id.315102, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.606370.
The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used, as noted in the CVE description published on 2025-07-08.
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