Unauthenticated database access via unsanitized editid parameter
Published Jun 29, 2025 · Updated Jun 30, 2025
SQL injection in PHPGurukul Local Services Search Engine Management System 2.1 allows remote attackers to access and alter its database. The editid GET parameter in /admin/edit-category-detail.php is inserted directly into a SQL query without sanitization or validation, enabling time-based blind injection. No login or user interaction is required; database permissions bound the readable, writable, and disruptive consequences.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in PHPGurukul Local Services Search Engine Management System 2.1 allows remote attackers to access and alter its database. The editid GET parameter in /admin/edit-category-detail.php is inserted directly into a SQL query without sanitization or validation, enabling time-based blind injection. No login or user interaction is required; database permissions bound the readable, writable, and disruptive consequences.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-6863
- Published
- Jun 29, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 30, 2025
- Vendor
- PHPGurukul
- Product
- Local Services Search Engine Management System
- Classifications
- CWE-74, CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.1
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Time-based blind editid SQL injection proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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