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Employee Management SystemApplication · Clivedelacruz

CVE-2025-8172

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-07-25
Mitigation only
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable 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, which was classified as critical, was found in itsourcecode Employee Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/index.php. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack 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 itsourcecode Employee Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via the Username parameter in /admin/index.php. The lack of input sanitization or parameterized queries in the login form enables attackers to manipulate database queries, potentially extracting sensitive data, bypassing authentication, or compromising the entire database.

MitigationImplement prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database interactions in /admin/index.php, particularly for the Username parameter, and apply input validation as a defense-in-depth measure.

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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
Employee 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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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. Locate the application directory
    Search the web root for the 'admin' folder containing 'index.php', typically under the web server document root (e.g., /var/www/html/ or C:\inetpub\wwwroot\). Look for directories named 'employee', 'ems', or similar project names containing /admin/index.php
    Affected if The file /admin/index.php exists on the server and is web-accessible
  2. Identify the installed version
    Check for version indicators such as a 'version.php' file, README.txt, composer.json, or a meta tag in the source code of index.php. Search for strings like 'version', '1.0', or 'Employee Management System' within the project files
    Affected if The installed version is Employee Management System 1.0 as indicated by version files or application metadata
  3. Verify the vulnerable endpoint is exposed
    Access http://<target>/admin/index.php via a web browser or curl to confirm the login form loads. Inspect the HTML form to confirm it contains a Username input field and submits to the same page
    Affected if The login form at /admin/index.php is accessible and contains a Username parameter in the POST or GET request
  4. Confirm the application type
    Examine the source of /admin/index.php for database interaction code. Look for PHP functions like mysql_query, mysqli_query, or PDO query execution that handle the Username field without prepared statements
    Affected if The code processes the Username parameter through direct SQL query execution without parameterized queries

The environment is affected if the Employee Management System version 1.0 is installed and the /admin/index.php login form processes the Username parameter using direct SQL concatenation.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database interactions in /admin/index.php, particularly for the Username parameter, and apply input validation as a defense-in-depth measure.

Fix this in Employee 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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