PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.3 changepassword.php currentpassword sql injection

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the file changepassword.php. The manipulation of the argument currentpassword results in sql injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-4164. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.3. Affected is an unknown code block of the file changepassword.php. The manipulation of the argument currentpassword 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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-4164. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The exploit is shared for download at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:changepassword.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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• Employee Record Management System

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• 1.3

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• free

Website

• Vendor: https://phpgurukul.com/

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Accepted

• Submit #561140: PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System V1.3 SQL Injection (by valli)

Duplicate

• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx X.x Xxx Xxxxxxxxx (by Garmin0753)
• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xx.x Xxx Xxxxxxxxx (by Customeres)
• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxx://xxxxxxxxxx.xxx/ Xxx 和 Xxxxx 中的员工记录管理系统 Xx.x Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx (by Mountain Ghost)
• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx X.x Xxx Xxxxxxxxx (by github.com)

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