CVE-2025-40731
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 · uneditedSQL injection vulnerability in Daily Expense Manager v1.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to retrieve, create, update and delete databases through the pname, pprice and id parameters in /update.php.
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 Daily Expense Manager v1.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the pname, pprice, or id parameters in /update.php, enabling complete database compromise including data exfiltration, modification, and deletion.
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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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Confirm Daily Expense Manager is installedIdentify the application on your system by checking for web server directories or deployment manifests containing 'Daily Expense Manager' or 'Expense Manager'. Check your web server document root for the application files.Affected if The application is present on your system
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Verify the application versionLocate any version file, about page, or metadata within the application installation that displays the version number. Common locations include README files, version.php, or admin dashboard about sections.Affected if The installed version is 1.0
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Check if update.php existsLocate the update.php file within the application's web directory structure. Search the application root for this specific PHP file.Affected if The update.php file is present in the application
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Confirm the application is network-accessibleVerify the web server hosting Daily Expense Manager is accessible over the network. Test HTTP/HTTPS access to the application's endpoints.Affected if The application is exposed on a network or the internet
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Identify if user input reaches the vulnerable parametersReview the application's functionality to determine if the pname, pprice, and id parameters are exposed to user input through web forms, URLs, or API endpoints. Check if these parameters are used in any expense or item update features.Affected if User-supplied input can be passed to the pname, pprice, or id parameters in update.php
You are affected if Daily Expense Manager version 1.0 is installed, the update.php file exists, and user input can be submitted to the pname, pprice, or id parameters via network-accessible endpoints.
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 dataImplement parameterized queries (prepared statements) for all database operations in /update.php and validate/sanitize user inputs to prevent SQL injection.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-40731 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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