CVE-2025-7171
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7171 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Crime Reporting System. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Valid Accounts (T1078); ranked in the top 48.6% 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 SC-7 (Boundary Protection).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-7171 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in the code-projects Crime Reporting System 1.0. The issue affects an unknown functionality in the /policelogin.php file, where manipulation of the email argument enables SQL injection. Published on 2025-07-08, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low complexity. By submitting a crafted email parameter to /policelogin.php, an unauthenticated adversary can inject malicious SQL, potentially achieving low levels of impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as limited data access, modification, or disruption.
Advisories and details are available via references including code-projects.org, a GitHub issue at github.com/tangjihong1974/cve/issues/4, and VulDB entries at vuldb.com/?ctiid.315110, vuldb.com/?id.315110, and vuldb.com/?submit.606606. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.
Notable context includes the public availability of the exploit, increasing the risk for unpatched instances of Crime Reporting System 1.0. No real-world exploitation in the wild is mentioned in available details.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20415
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in code-projects Crime Reporting System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /policelogin.php. The manipulation of the argument email leads to sql injection. The attack…
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may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
SQL injection in unauthenticated login endpoint enables public-facing app exploitation (T1190), valid account access via auth bypass (T1078), database data collection (T1213.006), and stored data manipulation (T1565.001).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of untrusted input (email parameter) to block SQL injection payloads before they reach the database.
Boundary protection mechanisms such as WAF rules or input filters at network/application boundaries can block or alert on common SQL injection patterns targeting /policelogin.php.
Requires timely remediation of known flaws in the Crime Reporting System code, directly eliminating the SQL injection vulnerability in policelogin.php.