CVE-2025-15182
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-15182 is a SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Refugee Food Management System 1.0 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the refNo parameter in /home/served.php. This affects all deployments of version 1.0, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion.
💻 Affected Systems
- code-projects Refugee Food Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including data theft, data destruction, and potential server takeover via SQL injection leading to remote code execution.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive refugee data, manipulation of food distribution records, and potential privilege escalation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only error messages or partial data exposure.
🎯 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 input validation and parameterized queries as workaround.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd server-side validation to sanitize the refNo parameter before processing.
Edit /home/served.php to add input validation using PHP filter functions or regex patterns
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the refNo parameter.
Configure WAF to block requests containing SQL keywords in refNo parameter
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the system from internet access and restrict to internal network only
- Implement strict network segmentation and monitor all database queries from the application
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /home/served.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in the refNo parameter (e.g., refNo=1' OR '1'='1).Check Version:
Check application version in configuration files or about pages; system is vulnerable if version is 1.0.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer execute and return appropriate error messages or are blocked.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in application logs
- Multiple failed login attempts or parameter manipulation in access logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /home/served.php with SQL keywords in parameters
- Unusual database query patterns from application server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/home/served.php" AND (param="refNo" AND value MATCH "[';]|UNION|SELECT|INSERT|UPDATE|DELETE|DROP|OR")