CVE-2025-7168
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 Crime Reporting System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /userlogin.php. The manipulation of the argument email 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 · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the Crime Reporting System 1.0 login page (/userlogin.php). The 'email' parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL commands. This is a critical authentication bypass risk as it may allow unauthorized access to the system.
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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 Crime Reporting System installationLocate the web application's installation directory. Check for the presence of userlogin.php and other Crime Reporting System files.Affected if The application directory contains userlogin.php and other files from Code Projects Crime Reporting System version 1.0
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Identify the vulnerable fileVerify that /userlogin.php exists in the web application's document root.Affected if The file /userlogin.php is present in the web application
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Examine email parameter handlingOpen /userlogin.php and locate the code that processes the email parameter from the login form. Search for SQL query construction involving the email POST/GET parameter.Affected if The email parameter is used directly in an SQL query without prepared statements or parameterization
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Check for unsanitized SQL constructionInspect the SQL query code around the email parameter. Look for patterns like: SELECT * FROM ... WHERE email='$email' or similar string concatenation without escaping functions or prepared statements.Affected if The email parameter is concatenated directly into the SQL query string (e.g., "SELECT ... WHERE email='" . $_POST['email'] . "'") without using parameterized queries or escaping functions
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Verify login functionality uses dynamic SQLReview the authentication logic in userlogin.php to confirm that user-supplied email input is incorporated into the WHERE clause of the SQL statement without proper sanitization.Affected if The login query uses the email value in a dynamic SQL string without bind parameters or input validation
You are affected if Crime Reporting System 1.0 is installed and the email parameter in /userlogin.php is used directly in SQL queries without prepared statements or input sanitization.
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 statements/prepared statements for the email parameter. Implement input validation and output encoding. Apply principle of least privilege to database accounts.
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