Times Software E-Payroll up to 20250121.0 sql injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Times Software E-Payroll up to 20250121.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes sql injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-9977. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Times Software E-Payroll up to 20250121.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Value provided in one of POST parameters sent during the process of logging in to Times Software E-Payroll is not sanitized properly, which allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform DoS attacks. SQL injection attacks might also be feasible, although so far creating a working exploit has been prevented probably by backend filtering mechanisms. Additionally, command injection attempts cause the application to return extensive error messages disclosing some information about the internal infrastructure.  Patching status is unknown because the vendor has not replied to messages sent by the CNA.

The weakness was shared by Sebastian Jeż. The advisory is shared at cert.pl. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-9977 since 09/04/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/18/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

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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• Times Software

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• E-Payroll

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• 20250121

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