CVE-2025-5582
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-5582 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in CodeAstro Real Estate Management System 1.0 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the 'content' parameter in /profile.php. This can lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. All users running the vulnerable version are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- CodeAstro Real Estate Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including data theft, data destruction, and potential remote code execution if database functions allow it.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive real estate data, client information, and potential privilege escalation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, but still poses data exposure risk.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit requires authentication to access /profile.php, but SQL injection is straightforward once authenticated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://codeastro.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check vendor website for security updates. 2. Apply any available patches. 3. If no patch, implement workarounds immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd parameterized queries or prepared statements to /profile.php to prevent SQL injection.
Modify profile.php to use prepared statements: $stmt = $conn->prepare('UPDATE users SET content = ? WHERE id = ?'); $stmt->bind_param('si', $content, $id);
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting /profile.php.
Add WAF rule: SecRule REQUEST_URI "@streq /profile.php" "id:1001,phase:2,deny,status:403,msg:'SQLi attempt blocked'"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the system from internet access and restrict to internal network only.
- Implement strict network segmentation and monitor all database queries from the application.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test /profile.php with SQL injection payloads in the 'content' parameter and observe database errors or unexpected behavior.Check Version:
Check application version in admin panel or readme files. No standard command available.Verify Fix Applied:
Attempt SQL injection after applying fixes and confirm no database errors or unauthorized data access occurs.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in database logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by /profile.php access
- SQL syntax errors in web server logs
Network Indicators:
- Unusual database connections from web server
- SQL keywords in HTTP POST requests to /profile.php
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/profile.php" AND (content="' OR " OR content LIKE "%SELECT%" OR content LIKE "%UNION%")🔗 References
- https://codeastro.com/
- https://github.com/YZS17/CVE/blob/main/CodeAstro_Real_Estate_Management_System/sqli_profile.php.md
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.311039
- https://vuldb.com/?id.311039
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.588821
- https://github.com/YZS17/CVE/blob/main/CodeAstro_Real_Estate_Management_System/sqli_profile.php.md
