CVE-2025-4785
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-4785 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Daily Expense Tracker System 1.1 that allows attackers to manipulate database queries through the user-profile.php file. This enables unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. Organizations using this software are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Daily Expense Tracker System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise leading to data theft, data destruction, or full system takeover via SQL injection to RCE chaining.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive user data, expense records, and potential authentication bypass.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and WAF protection, though SQL injection attempts may still be logged.
🎯 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://phpgurukul.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider migrating to alternative software or implementing workarounds.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allImplement parameterized queries and input validation for fullname and contactnumber parameters in user-profile.php
Modify PHP code to use prepared statements: $stmt = $conn->prepare('UPDATE users SET fullname = ?, contactnumber = ? WHERE id = ?'); $stmt->bind_param('ssi', $fullname, $contactnumber, $userid);
WAF Rule Implementation
allDeploy web application firewall rules to block SQL injection attempts on user-profile.php
Add WAF rule: Detect and block SQL injection patterns in POST parameters to /user-profile.php
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Block external access to the application if not required for business operations
- Implement network segmentation to isolate the vulnerable system from sensitive data
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /user-profile.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in fullname or contactnumber parametersCheck Version:
Check application version in admin panel or readme filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that parameterized queries are implemented and SQL injection attempts return error messages without executing📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- SQL syntax errors in web server logs
- Unusual database queries from web application
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by profile updates
Network Indicators:
- SQL injection patterns in HTTP POST requests to /user-profile.php
- Unusual database connection patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/user-profile.php" AND (message="*sql*" OR message="*union*" OR message="*select*" OR message="*insert*")