Database disclosure and modification via userId injection
Published May 18, 2025 · Updated May 20, 2025
SQL injection in Advaya Softech GEMS Education ERP 2.1 allows remote attackers to read and alter database data through the userId parameter. The studentLogin.action endpoint places the URL-supplied userId value into a backend SQL query without neutralizing SQL syntax, enabling Boolean predicates and SLEEP-based timing queries. Reachability of the student login endpoint is sufficient; the published script uses a fake password and extracts database names through response delays.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Advaya Softech GEMS Education ERP 2.1 allows remote attackers to read and alter database data through the userId parameter. The studentLogin.action endpoint places the URL-supplied userId value into a backend SQL query without neutralizing SQL syntax, enabling Boolean predicates and SLEEP-based timing queries. Reachability of the student login endpoint is sufficient; the published script uses a fake password and extracts database names through response delays.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-4863
- Published
- May 18, 2025
- Updated
- May 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Advaya Softech
- Product
- GEMS Education ERP
- Classifications
- CWE-89, CWE-74, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.1
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GEMS_POC.py time-based blind SQL injection PoCfunctional · demonstrated
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