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Company Visitor Management SystemApplication · Phpgurukul

CVE-2025-5231

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-27
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 vulnerability classified as critical was found in PHPGurukul Company Visitor Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /forgot-password.php. The manipulation of the argument email leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the 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 confidence

SQL injection vulnerability in the email parameter of /forgot-password.php in PHPGurukul Company Visitor Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries, potentially exposing or manipulating the database.

MitigationReplace dynamic SQL queries in forgot-password.php with prepared statements/parameterized queries to neutralize the SQL injection vector.

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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
Company Visitor 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 PHPGurukul Company Visitor Management System is installed
    Locate the web application files on your server, typically in the web root directory. Look for files such as index.php, forgot-password.php, or the presence of a 'visitors' or similar application folder.
    Affected if The application directory contains the Company Visitor Management System files.
  2. Verify the application version is 1.0
    Check for a version file, readme file, or examine the footer of any frontend page for version information. Compare against the affected version 1.0.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
  3. Locate and inspect forgot-password.php
    Navigate to the application root directory and locate the file /forgot-password.php. Open the file and examine the code handling the 'email' parameter.
    Affected if The file forgot-password.php exists and contains code that directly uses the email parameter in a SQL query without prepared statements or parameterization.
  4. Check for SQL injection vulnerability pattern
    Within forgot-password.php, search for SQL query construction that incorporates the email parameter (e.g., $sql = "SELECT...WHERE email = '$email'"). Look for lack of mysqli_prepare, PDO prepare, or similar parameterized query usage.
    Affected if The code builds SQL queries by concatenating or interpolating the email parameter directly into the query string.
  5. Verify forgot-password functionality is accessible
    Confirm that the forgot-password.php page is accessible via HTTP/HTTPS on your web server and that the email input field is present and functional.
    Affected if The forgot-password page is publicly or internally accessible and accepts email input without additional security controls.

You are affected if the Company Visitor Management System version 1.0 is installed and the forgot-password.php file contains direct SQL query construction using the email parameter without prepared statements.

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 forgot-password.php with prepared statements/parameterized queries to neutralize the SQL injection vector.

Fix this in Company Visitor Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing5.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,170
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