Unauthenticated database access via interpolated login username
Published May 31, 2025 · Updated Jun 2, 2025
SQL injection in SourceCodester PHP Display Username After Login 1.0 allows remote attackers to read or alter database data through login.php. login.php embeds the POST username and password values directly inside a mysqli SELECT string without parameter binding or input neutralization. No authentication or user interaction is required; crafted username predicates can change query logic and expose or modify data available to the database account.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in SourceCodester PHP Display Username After Login 1.0 allows remote attackers to read or alter database data through login.php. login.php embeds the POST username and password values directly inside a mysqli SELECT string without parameter binding or input neutralization. No authentication or user interaction is required; crafted username predicates can change query logic and expose or modify data available to the database account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5369
- Published
- May 31, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- PHP Display Username After Login
- Classifications
- CWE-89, CWE-74, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 31, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=1.0
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Boolean- and error-based username SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo