CVE-2025-2057
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'pagedes' parameter in the /admin/about-us.php file. This can lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. All installations of version 1.0 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Emergency Ambulance Hiring Portal
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including sensitive user data theft, administrative account takeover, and potential system-level access through SQL injection escalation.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to ambulance booking data, user information, and potential manipulation of emergency service records.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions restricting damage to non-critical data.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub. Attack requires access to admin interface but no authentication bypass needed for SQL injection itself.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Apply input validation and parameterized queries to /admin/about-us.php file manually.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
PHPAdd server-side validation to sanitize 'pagedes' parameter before SQL processing
Edit /admin/about-us.php to implement mysqli_real_escape_string() or prepared statements
Web Application Firewall
allDeploy WAF with SQL injection protection rules
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /admin/ directory via IP whitelisting or authentication
- Disable or remove the vulnerable about-us.php file if not required
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test /admin/about-us.php with SQL injection payloads in pagedes parameterCheck Version:
Check portal version in admin panel or readme filesVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt SQL injection after applying fixes - should return error or sanitized output📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- SQL syntax errors in web server logs
- Unusual database queries from web application
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /admin/about-us.php with SQL keywords in parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/about-us.php" AND (param="pagedes" AND value CONTAINS "UNION" OR "SELECT" OR "INSERT" OR "DELETE")