CVE-2025-40687
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in Online Fire Reporting System v1.2 allows attackers to manipulate database queries through the 'mobilenumber', 'teamleadname', and 'teammember' parameters. Attackers can retrieve, modify, or delete sensitive data from the database. Organizations using this specific version of the PHPGurukul software are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Online Fire Reporting System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including theft of sensitive fire incident data, administrative credentials, and potential system takeover through privilege escalation.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of fire reporting records, team member information, and potential modification of incident reports.
If Mitigated
Limited data exposure if proper input validation and WAF rules are in place, though underlying vulnerability remains.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires access to the admin interface but SQL injection is straightforward once authenticated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-phpgurukuls-online-fire-reporting-system
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Review vendor advisory for updates. 2. Manually implement parameterized queries in add-team.php. 3. Validate and sanitize all user inputs. 4. Test thoroughly before deployment.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allAdd server-side validation for the vulnerable parameters to reject malicious input
Add PHP validation: if(!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9\s]+$/', $teamleadname)) { die('Invalid input'); }
WAF Rule Implementation
allDeploy web application firewall rules to block SQL injection patterns
ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the system behind a reverse proxy with strict input filtering
- Implement network segmentation to limit database access from the web server
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /ofrs/admin/add-team.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in mobilenumber, teamleadname, and teammember parametersCheck Version:
Check system documentation or about page for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt SQL injection tests and verify they are blocked or sanitized📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual database queries from web server
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by SQL error messages
- Requests containing SQL keywords like UNION, SELECT, INSERT in parameters
Network Indicators:
- Unusual outbound database connections from web server
- Large data transfers from database to external IPs
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (url="*/add-team.php*") AND (param="*UNION*" OR param="*SELECT*" OR param="*INSERT*")