PHPGurukul Directory Management System 2.0 admin/edit-directory.php email sql injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 2.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file admin/edit-directory.php. The manipulation of the argument email results in sql injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-45021. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 2.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file admin/edit-directory.php. The manipulation of the argument email with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A SQL Injection vulnerability was identified in the admin/edit-directory.php file of the PHPGurukul Directory Management System v2.0. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability via the email parameter in a POST request to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-45021 since 04/22/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/09/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/edit-directory.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• PHPGurukul

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• Directory Management System

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• 2.0

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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