CVE-2025-7520
Published: 13 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7520 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Vehicle Parking 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 45.3% 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?
Direct remote SQL injection in a web application component (manage-category.php) matches T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application; no other techniques are directly enabled by the described flaw.
NVD Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHPGurukul Vehicle Parking Management System 1.13. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/manage-category.php. The manipulation of the argument del leads to sql injection. The attack may…
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be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-7520 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Vehicle Parking Management System version 1.13. The flaw resides in the /admin/manage-category.php file, where the 'del' argument is processed without proper sanitization, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL payloads. Classified under CWE-74 and CWE-89, it 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 was published on 2025-07-13.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an authenticated user with low privileges, such as an admin-level account, requiring no user interaction. Successful exploitation enables SQL injection attacks, potentially resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as unauthorized data access, modification, or disruption within the application's database.
Advisories and details are documented in references including VulDB entries (ctiid.316217, id.316217, submit.610578), a GitHub issue at github.com/f1rstb100d/myCVE/issues/121, and the vendor site phpgurukul.com. The exploit has been publicly disclosed, increasing the risk of active exploitation.
Notable context includes the public availability of the exploit, with no confirmed real-world attacks reported in the provided information.
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