CVE-2025-6153
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 has been found in PHPGurukul Hostel Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/students.php. The manipulation of the argument search_box 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 confidenceA SQL injection vulnerability exists in PHPGurukul Hostel Management System 1.0 within the /admin/students.php script. The search_box parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL statements and potentially extract, modify, or delete database contents.
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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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Identify if PHPGurukul Hostel Management System is installedLocate the application files on the server. Common paths include /var/www/html/ or C:\xampp\htdocs\ for Windows. Look for the presence of known files like index.php, header.php, or a 'hostel' directory.Affected if The application directory contains PHPGurukul Hostel Management System files.
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Verify the installed version is 1.0Check for a version file, README, or changelog within the application directory. Alternatively, view the source of index.php or an about/admin page for version information.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
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Confirm the vulnerable script existsLocate the file /admin/students.php within the application directory. This is the script containing the SQL injection flaw.Affected if The file admin/students.php exists in the installation.
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Check if the search functionality is accessibleAccess the admin login area, then navigate to the students management section where the search_box parameter is used. The vulnerability is triggered when the search feature processes user input.Affected if The students search feature is accessible and the search_box parameter accepts user input.
A system is affected if it runs PHPGurukul Hostel Management System version 1.0 with the admin/students.php search functionality exposed and operational.
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 queries with parameterized queries (prepared statements) using PDO or mysqli, and implement proper input validation on the search_box parameter. Alternatively, apply the vendor patch if available.
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