CVE-2025-6612
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 was found in code-projects Inventory Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /php_action/removeCategories.php. The manipulation of the argument categoriesId leads to sql injection. The attack may 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 confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the removeCategories.php file of the Inventory Management System 1.0. The categoriesId parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands.
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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 Inventory Management System installationLocate the Inventory Management System installation directory. Check for the presence of removeCategories.php file within the application structure.Affected if The system is running Code Projects Inventory Management System version 1.0 and contains removeCategories.php
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Identify installed versionCheck version information in the application - typically in a README file, version config, or header comments in core PHP files. Compare against version 1.0.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0
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Examine removeCategories.php for SQL query constructionOpen removeCategories.php and locate code that handles the categoriesId parameter. Look for SQL queries that concatenate or embed this parameter directly into query strings without using prepared statements or proper escaping.Affected if The categoriesId parameter is used in SQL queries without parameterized queries, prepared statements, or input sanitization
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Verify the categoriesId parameter is user-controllableCheck if the categoriesId parameter can be passed via HTTP request (GET or POST) to removeCategories.php. Look for $_GET or $_POST usage capturing this parameter.Affected if The categoriesId parameter is received directly from user input and used in SQL queries without sanitization
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Check for lack of prepared statements or input validationReview removeCategories.php for use of PDO prepared statements, mysqli prepared statements, or any input validation/sanitization functions (like htmlspecialchars, intval, etc.) applied to the categoriesId parameter before SQL execution.Affected if The code does not use prepared statements or input validation for the categoriesId parameter in SQL queries
The environment is affected if it runs Inventory Management System version 1.0 and the removeCategories.php file contains SQL queries that directly use the categoriesId parameter without prepared statements or proper input sanitization.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries (PDO prepared statements) in removeCategories.php and implement proper input validation for the categoriesId parameter.
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