SQL InjectionWeakness · CWE-89

CVE-2025-45065

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-07-07
Mitigation only
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
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
employee record management system in php and mysql v1 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the loginerms.php endpoint.

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 SQL injection vulnerability in the loginerms.php endpoint of the employee record management system allows attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through the login form, potentially enabling unauthorized database access, authentication bypass, and extraction of sensitive employee records.

MitigationReplace dynamic SQL queries in loginerms.php with parameterized queries (PDO prepared statements) and audit all other endpoints for similar injection vulnerabilities.

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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

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  1. Locate the loginerms.php file in your environment
    Search your web root directories for a file named 'loginerms.php' - check common paths like /var/www/html/, /var/www/, or your application's document root
    Affected if The file exists in your environment and is accessible via the web server
  2. Inspect the loginerms.php source code for SQL query construction
    Open loginerms.php and examine the code handling the login form submission. Look for SQL queries being built using string concatenation or string interpolation with user input from $_POST['username'], $_POST['password'], or similar form fields
    Affected if The code builds SQL queries by directly concatenating or interpolating user input into query strings without sanitization
  3. Verify whether parameterized queries are used
    Search the loginerms.php code for PDO prepared statements, mysqli_prepare, or other parameter binding methods. Look for patterns like $stmt->prepare() with placeholders (?) or named parameters
    Affected if Parameterized queries are NOT used - the code executes raw SQL strings constructed with user input
  4. Check if the login form connects to a database
    Look for database connection code in loginerms.php such as mysqli_connect, $pdo = new PDO, or database query execution functions like mysqli_query, $pdo->query, or mysql queries
    Affected if The loginerms.php file connects to a database and executes queries, making the SQL injection exploitable
  5. Test the login form for SQL injection behavior
    Submit a login request with a known-valid username and a password containing SQL characters like "' OR '1'='1" or "' OR '1'='1' --". Compare the application's response to a normal login attempt
    Affected if The application grants access or returns different error messages when SQL injection payloads are submitted, indicating the vulnerability is exploitable

You are affected if the loginerms.php file exists and its code constructs SQL queries using string concatenation with user input without parameterized queries or input sanitization.

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

Replace dynamic SQL queries in loginerms.php with parameterized queries (PDO prepared statements) and audit all other endpoints for similar injection vulnerabilities.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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