CVE-2025-7165
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7165 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Cyber Cafe Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 46.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-7165 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in PHPGurukul/Campcodes Cyber Cafe Management System version 1.0. The flaw resides in an unknown functionality of the file /forgot-password.php, where manipulation of the email argument triggers the injection.
The vulnerability is remotely exploitable by unauthenticated attackers requiring low complexity and no user interaction, per its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Successful exploitation can result in low-level impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Advisories and further details are available via references including VulDB entries (https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.315104, https://vuldb.com/?id.315104, https://vuldb.com/?submit.606372) and a GitHub issue (https://github.com/f1rstb100d/myCVE/issues/108). No specific patches or mitigations are detailed in the provided information.
The exploit has been publicly disclosed, enabling potential use by attackers.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20393
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul/Campcodes Cyber Cafe Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /forgot-password.php. The manipulation of the argument email leads to sql injection. The attack may…
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be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing /forgot-password.php enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190). Advisory explicitly maps to T1505 (Server Software Component) for injecting and executing arbitrary SQL queries.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of untrusted input (email parameter) to block SQL injection in forgot-password.php.
Mandates timely remediation of the known SQL injection flaw in the publicly disclosed /forgot-password.php code.
Enables monitoring and analysis of application inputs and database queries to identify active SQL injection attempts.