CVE-2025-2372
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Human Metapneumovirus Testing Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the username parameter in the password recovery page. Attackers can potentially access, modify, or delete database content. All deployments of version 1.0 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Human Metapneumovirus Testing Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including exfiltration of sensitive medical testing data, patient information, administrative credentials, and potential system takeover via subsequent attacks.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of user credentials and patient records, database manipulation, and potential privilege escalation within the application.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only error messages or limited data exposure.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly disclosed. Attack requires no authentication and can be performed remotely via HTTP requests.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: https://phpgurukul.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider migrating to a different system or implementing custom fixes with proper input validation and parameterized queries.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
PHPImplement server-side validation and sanitization of username parameter in password-recovery.php
Modify /password-recovery.php to validate username input using PHP filter functions and escape SQL special characters
Web Application Firewall Rules
allBlock SQL injection patterns in requests to password-recovery.php
Add WAF rule to block requests containing SQL keywords like UNION, SELECT, INSERT, DELETE, DROP when sent to /password-recovery.php
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or remove the password-recovery.php file if password recovery functionality is not essential
- Implement network segmentation and restrict access to the application from untrusted networks
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the password recovery page with SQL injection payloads in the username parameter (e.g., admin' OR '1'='1)Check Version:
Check application version in admin panel or readme filesVerify Fix Applied:
Test with SQL injection payloads after implementing fixes - should return error messages or no data rather than executing SQL📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in application logs
- Multiple failed password recovery attempts with SQL-like patterns
- Requests to password-recovery.php with special characters in parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /password-recovery.php containing SQL keywords in parameters
- Unusual database query patterns from application server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri_path="/password-recovery.php" AND (param="username" AND value MATCHES "[';]|UNION|SELECT|INSERT|DELETE|DROP")