CVE-2025-0847
📋 TL;DR
A critical SQL injection vulnerability in 1000 Projects Employee Task Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the email parameter in the login component. This can lead to authentication bypass, data theft, or complete system compromise. All installations of version 1.0 with default configurations are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- 1000 Projects Employee Task Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including credential theft, data exfiltration, privilege escalation to administrative access, and potential remote code execution through database functions.
Likely Case
Authentication bypass allowing unauthorized access to the task management system, followed by data theft or manipulation of employee records and task data.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and WAF rules blocking SQL injection patterns, potentially resulting in failed login attempts only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details have been publicly disclosed on GitHub and vuldb.com. The SQL injection via email parameter in /index.php login component is documented with examples.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch is available from the vendor. Consider migrating to alternative task management systems or implementing custom fixes with parameterized queries.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
PHPImplement server-side validation and sanitization of the email parameter to reject SQL injection patterns
Modify /index.php to add: $email = mysqli_real_escape_string($connection, $_POST['email']);
Add regex validation: if(!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) { die('Invalid email'); }
Web Application Firewall Rules
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns in login requests
ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS:email "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the system behind a reverse proxy with strict WAF rules blocking SQL injection patterns
- Implement network segmentation to restrict database access only to the application server
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the login form with SQL injection payloads like: email=admin' OR '1'='1&password=anythingCheck Version:
Check the system documentation or about page, or examine PHP files for version commentsVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt SQL injection tests and verify they are rejected with proper error handling instead of successful authentication📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in application logs
- Multiple failed login attempts with SQL patterns in email field
- Successful logins from unusual IP addresses following SQL injection attempts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /index.php containing SQL keywords in email parameter
- Unusual database query patterns from application server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/index.php" AND (email="*' OR*" OR email="*UNION*" OR email="*SELECT*" OR email="*--*")