CVE-2025-7174
Published: 08 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7174 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Library System. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 48.9% 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 in unauthenticated public-facing web application (/teacher-issue-book.php) enables exploitation (T1190) and database query/manipulation for unauthorized data access (T1213.006).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in code-projects Library System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /teacher-issue-book.php. The manipulation of the argument idn leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The…
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exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-7174 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in code-projects Library System 1.0. The flaw resides in the processing of the /teacher-issue-book.php file, where manipulation of the "idn" argument enables attackers to inject malicious SQL queries. Published on 2025-07-08 with 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), it affects the application's backend database handling.
Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity. Successful exploitation grants low-level access to confidential data (C:L), allows limited modification of data or behavior (I:L), and can cause partial denial of service (A:L), such as unauthorized reads, updates, or disruptions to the library system's database operations.
Advisories from VulDB (ctiid.315113, id.315113, submit.606657) and a GitHub issue (Qq2240151/CVE/issues/1) document the vulnerability, with the original project site at code-projects.org. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and is available for use, but no specific patches or mitigations are detailed in the provided references.
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