CVE-2025-12597
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was detected in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function save_category of the file /admin_class.php. Performing manipulation of the argument Name results in sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the save_category function of admin_class.php in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System 1.0. The 'Name' parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL code.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the admin_class.php fileSearch the application web root for admin_class.php (commonly in /classes/ or /admin/ directories)Affected if The file exists and is part of the Best House Rental Management System version 1.0
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Identify the save_category functionOpen admin_class.php and search for the function definition 'function save_category'Affected if The save_category function exists in the file
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Verify the vulnerable parameter usageWithin the save_category function, locate code that uses $_POST['Name'] or similar user input in an SQL query without prepare() or escaping functionsAffected if The 'Name' parameter is directly concatenated into an SQL query string without parameterization
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Confirm the application versionCheck the application documentation, footer, or version file for the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is exactly 1.0 (or the version cannot be determined but matches the 1.0 release)
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Check if the category save feature is accessibleDetermine if the save_category function can be triggered via the category management interface (typically at /admin/?page=category)Affected if The category management functionality is exposed and the application processes Name parameter input
A user is affected if they are running Best House Rental Management System version 1.0 with the admin_class.php file containing the save_category function where the Name parameter is used in a raw SQL query without prepared statements.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace dynamic SQL query construction with prepared statements/parameterized queries in the save_category function, and implement proper input validation for all user-supplied parameters.
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