Refugee Food Management SystemApplication · Fabian

CVE-2025-15181

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-29
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
A security flaw has been discovered in code-projects Refugee Food Management System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /home/pagenateRefugeesList.php. Performing manipulation of the argument rfid results in sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been released to the public and may be exploited.

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 confidence

A critical SQL injection vulnerability exists in Refugee Food Management System 1.0 where the rfid parameter in /home/pagenateRefugeesList.php is not properly sanitized, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands.

MitigationImplement prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database operations involving the rfid parameter, apply input validation, and ensure the database user follows least privilege principles.

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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
Refugee Food Management SystemApplication
Affected:= 1.0

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Refugee Food Management System installation
    Locate the web application's root directory and identify if the Fabian Refugee Food Management System is deployed. Look for characteristic files or directory structures associated with this application.
    Affected if The application is installed and the web server is running.
  2. Verify the application version
    Check the application's version identifier, typically found in a version file, about page, or within the source code comments. Compare against version 1.0.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
  3. Locate the vulnerable PHP file
    Navigate to the /home/ directory within the web application root and verify the existence of pagenateRefugeesList.php.
    Affected if The file /home/pagenateRefugeesList.php exists on the system.
  4. Inspect the rfid parameter handling
    Examine the source code of pagenateRefugeesList.php and locate the section where the 'rfid' parameter is processed. Look for SQL query construction that uses this parameter without proper sanitization or parameterized queries.
    Affected if The code contains direct use of the rfid parameter in SQL queries without prepared statements or input validation.
  5. Test parameter accessibility
    If the application is accessible, attempt to access the pagenateRefugeesList.php endpoint and observe whether the 'rfid' parameter is accepted and processed. This may require authenticated access depending on the application's configuration.
    Affected if The rfid parameter is accepted and reflected in SQL query behavior without sanitization.

A user is affected if the Fabian Refugee Food Management System version 1.0 is installed, the vulnerable file /home/pagenateRefugeesList.php exists, and the rfid parameter is processed without sanitization in SQL queries.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database operations involving the rfid parameter, apply input validation, and ensure the database user follows least privilege principles.

Fix this in Refugee Food Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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