CVE-2025-0174
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Point of Sales and Inventory Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'search' parameter in /user/search_result2.php. This can lead to data theft, modification, or deletion. All users running version 1.0 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- code-projects Point of Sales and Inventory Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including theft of sensitive customer/payment data, inventory manipulation, and potential system takeover via SQL injection to RCE chaining.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of customer records, inventory data, and potentially authentication credentials stored in the database.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions restricting damage to non-sensitive data.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit code is publicly available on GitHub gist, making this easily weaponizable by attackers with basic SQL injection knowledge.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://code-projects.org/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider implementing input validation and parameterized queries as workaround, or migrate to alternative software.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allImplement server-side validation and sanitization of the 'search' parameter before processing.
Modify /user/search_result2.php to validate and sanitize user input
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy a WAF with SQL injection protection rules to block malicious requests.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the system from the internet and restrict access to authorized users only
- Implement network segmentation to limit database access from the application server
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /user/search_result2.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in the 'search' parameter and observe database errors or unexpected behavior.Check Version:
Check the software version in the admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
After implementing fixes, test with SQL injection payloads to confirm they are properly blocked or sanitized.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in application logs
- Multiple rapid requests to /user/search_result2.php with suspicious parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /user/search_result2.php containing SQL keywords (SELECT, UNION, etc.) in parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/user/search_result2.php" AND (param="search" AND value MATCHES "(?i)(union|select|insert|update|delete|drop|--|#|;)")