CVE-2025-0229
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in Travel Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via manipulated parameters in the enquiry.php file. Attackers can potentially access, modify, or delete database content. All systems running the vulnerable version are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- code-projects Travel Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including data theft, data destruction, authentication bypass, and potential remote code execution via database functions.
Likely Case
Unauthorized data access and extraction of sensitive information such as user credentials, personal data, and travel records.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only allowing data viewing without modification.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub, making this easily exploitable 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 workarounds or migrating to alternative software.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd parameter validation and sanitization to the enquiry.php file to prevent SQL injection.
Edit enquiry.php to implement prepared statements with parameterized queries
Web Application Firewall Rules
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the vulnerable parameters.
Add WAF rule: Block requests containing SQL keywords in pid/t1/t2/t3/t4/t5/t6/t7 parameters
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the system behind a firewall with strict access controls
- Implement network segmentation to limit database access from the web server
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the enquiry.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in pid/t1/t2/t3/t4/t5/t6/t7 parameters and observe database errors or unexpected responses.Check Version:
Check the software version in the system's admin panel or configuration files.Verify Fix Applied:
After implementing workarounds, test with the same SQL injection payloads to confirm they are properly blocked or sanitized.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in web server logs
- Multiple rapid requests to enquiry.php with suspicious parameters
- Database query errors containing SQL injection patterns
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to enquiry.php containing SQL keywords (UNION, SELECT, INSERT, etc.) in parameters
- Unusual database connection patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/enquiry.php" AND (param="pid" OR param="t1" OR param="t2" OR param="t3" OR param="t4" OR param="t5" OR param="t6" OR param="t7") AND (content="UNION" OR content="SELECT" OR content="INSERT" OR content="DELETE" OR content="--" OR content="' OR '")