CVE-2025-9013
📋 TL;DR
This CVE describes a SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal Project 2.0, specifically in the password-recovery.php file. Attackers can manipulate the emailid parameter to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially compromising the database. Any organization using this specific shopping portal version is affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- PHPGurukul Online Shopping Portal Project
📦 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 leading to full system takeover.
Likely Case
Data exfiltration of user credentials and personal information, database manipulation, and potential privilege escalation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and WAF rules blocking SQL injection patterns.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub, making this easily exploitable by attackers.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://phpgurukul.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider migrating to a supported shopping cart solution or implementing custom fixes.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd proper input validation and parameterized queries to the password-recovery.php file
Edit /shopping/password-recovery.php to implement prepared statements with PDO or mysqli
WAF Rule Implementation
allDeploy web application firewall rules to block SQL injection patterns
Add WAF rule: Detect and block SQL injection attempts in email parameters
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /shopping/password-recovery.php using IP whitelisting or authentication
- Implement rate limiting on the vulnerable endpoint to reduce attack surface
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if /shopping/password-recovery.php exists and contains unsanitized emailid parameter handlingCheck Version:
Check project documentation or configuration files for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Test the password recovery functionality with SQL injection payloads to ensure they're blocked📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in application logs
- Multiple failed password recovery attempts with SQL syntax in parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to password-recovery.php containing SQL keywords like UNION, SELECT, OR 1=1
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/shopping/password-recovery.php" AND (query CONTAINS "UNION" OR query CONTAINS "SELECT" OR query CONTAINS "OR 1=1")