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User Registration \& Login And User Management SystemApplication · Phpgurukul

CVE-2025-7542

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-07-13
Mitigation only
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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 was found in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System 3.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/user-profile.php. The manipulation of the argument uid leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched 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

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the uid parameter of /admin/user-profile.php in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System version 3.3. The application fails to properly sanitize user input before using it in SQL queries, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL commands.

MitigationReplace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries (prepared statements) in PHP using PDO or mysqli with bound parameters. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding to defense-in-depth.

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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
User Registration \& Login And User Management SystemApplication
Affected:= 3.3

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

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  1. Identify the PHPGurukul User Registration & Login version
    Locate the version information in the application source code, typically found in a config file, readme, or the main index page footer
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 3.3
  2. Verify the presence of /admin/user-profile.php
    Check if the file /admin/user-profile.php exists in the web application root directory
    Affected if The file exists and is accessible via the web server
  3. Confirm admin access to the vulnerable endpoint
    Attempt to access /admin/user-profile.php through a web browser or HTTP request to determine if the admin panel is accessible
    Affected if The admin panel is accessible without additional authentication restrictions or authentication is bypassed
  4. Inspect the uid parameter handling in the code
    Open /admin/user-profile.php and search for code that processes the 'uid' parameter from GET or POST requests and uses it directly in SQL queries without prepared statements or parameter binding
    Affected if The code uses the uid parameter directly in SQL queries without parameterized queries (prepared statements)
  5. Check database query patterns for SQL injection vulnerabilities
    Review all SQL queries in /admin/user-profile.php for direct string concatenation or interpolation of user-supplied input into query strings
    Affected if User input is concatenated directly into SQL query strings without sanitization or bound parameters

A user is affected if they have PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System version 3.3 installed with the /admin/user-profile.php file accessible and the uid parameter handled in SQL queries without prepared statements.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Replace dynamic SQL queries with parameterized queries (prepared statements) in PHP using PDO or mysqli with bound parameters. Additionally, implement input validation and output encoding to defense-in-depth.

Recommended fix Low confidence

Latest available version from PHPGurukul (version > 3.3)

  1. Check PHPGurukul's official website (phpgurukul.com) or their GitHub repository for the latest version of User Registration & Login and User Management System
  2. If a newer version exists (version > 3.3), upgrade to it as it likely contains the security fix for the SQL injection in /admin/user-profile.php
  3. As an immediate mitigation before upgrading, edit /admin/user-profile.php and replace the vulnerable SQL query with a parameterized query using PDO or MySQLi prepared statements
  4. Ensure any user input (especially the uid parameter) is validated and bound as a parameter rather than concatenated directly into the SQL query

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in User Registration \& Login And User Management System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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