CVE-2025-5078
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul/Campcodes Online Shopping Portal 1.0 allows attackers to manipulate database queries through the Category parameter in /admin/subcategory.php. Attackers can potentially read, modify, or delete database content remotely. All users running version 1.0 of this shopping portal are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul/Campcodes Online Shopping Portal
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including theft of customer data, admin credentials, payment information, and potential remote code execution through database functions.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of user information, session hijacking, privilege escalation to admin access, and potential defacement of the shopping portal.
If Mitigated
Limited information disclosure if proper input validation and WAF rules are in place, but database integrity may still be at risk.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub, making this easily weaponizable by attackers with basic SQL injection knowledge.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None found
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider migrating to a maintained shopping cart solution or implementing custom fixes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Parameterized Queries
allImplement proper input validation and use prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database operations.
Modify /admin/subcategory.php to use PDO or mysqli prepared statements
Web Application Firewall Rules
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the Category parameter.
Add ModSecurity/OWASP CRS rules for SQL injection detection
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /admin/ directory to specific IP addresses only
- Disable or remove the vulnerable subcategory.php file if not essential
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the Category parameter in /admin/subcategory.php with SQL injection payloads like ' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check application documentation or source code for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer execute and return proper error handling📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in application logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by admin access
- Suspicious Category parameter values containing SQL keywords
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /admin/subcategory.php with SQL injection patterns in parameters
- Unusual database query patterns from web server
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/subcategory.php" AND (param="Category" AND value MATCHES "(?i)(union|select|insert|update|delete|drop|exec|--|#|;)")