CVE-2025-7159
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Zoo Management System 2.1 allows attackers to manipulate database queries through the ID parameter in /admin/manage-animals.php. Remote attackers can potentially access, modify, or delete sensitive data in the database. Organizations using this specific version of the software are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Zoo Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including theft of sensitive data, administrative account takeover, and potential system-wide data destruction
Likely Case
Unauthorized data access and extraction of sensitive information from the database
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions restricting damage to non-critical data
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit requires access to admin interface but SQL injection is straightforward once authenticated
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://phpgurukul.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider upgrading to a newer version if available or implementing workarounds.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Parameterized Queries
allImplement proper input validation and use prepared statements for database queries
Modify /admin/manage-animals.php to use PDO or mysqli prepared statements
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns
Configure WAF to block SQL injection attempts to /admin/manage-animals.php
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /admin/manage-animals.php using IP whitelisting or authentication
- Implement database user with minimal permissions (read-only if possible)
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the ID parameter in /admin/manage-animals.php with SQL injection payloads like ' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check system documentation or configuration files for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer execute and return error messages📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual database queries from web server
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by SQL errors
- Requests to /admin/manage-animals.php with SQL keywords
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL injection patterns to the vulnerable endpoint
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/manage-animals.php" AND (query="*OR*" OR query="*UNION*" OR query="*SELECT*" OR query="*INSERT*")