PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System changepassword.php sql injection

published 2025-05-01 18 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-14983

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.3. Affected is an unknown function of the file changepassword.php. The manipulation of the argument currentpassword leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-05-01)

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/ideal-valli/myCVE/issues/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.0	7.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CNA	4.0	6.9	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

github.com /ideal-valli/myCVE/issues/2
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.306696
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.306696
signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
vuldb.com /?submit.561140
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
phpgurukul.com /
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-4164
NVD CVE-2025-4164

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Summary