PHPGurukul Directory Management System forget-password.php sql injection
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 2.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/forget-password.php. The manipulation of the argument email leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- Published
- May 15, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 41th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-74
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Action score
27
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · VulDB
- 6.9
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| phpgurukul | directory management system | cpe:2.3:a:phpgurukul:directory_management_system |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- phpgurukul directory management system2.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
PHPGurukul Directory Management System
- 2.0affected
Same product
phpgurukul: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-29006Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities via the username and password parameters in the Admin panel of Directory Management System v1.0 allow45Plan
- CVE-2022-31384Directory Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the fullname parameter in add-directory.php.40Plan
- CVE-2022-31383Directory Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the editid parameter in view-directory.php.40Plan
- CVE-2022-31382Directory Management System v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the searchdata parameter in search-dirctory.php40Plan
- CVE-2025-4697PHPGurukul Directory Management System edit-directory.php sql injection27Monitor
- CVE-2024-5135PHPGurukul Directory Management System index.php sql injection27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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- scales (VulDB User)reporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-46970 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System edit-directory.php sql injection27Monitor
- CVE-2025-633036 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System searchdata.php sql injection22Monitor
- CVE-2026-1160249 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System Search index.php sql injection22Monitor
- CVE-2025-633236 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System manage-directory.php sql injection8Monitor
- CVE-2025-633136 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System search-directory.php sql injection8Monitor
- CVE-2025-633336 days apartPHPGurukul Directory Management System admin-profile.php sql injection8Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- HTTP Request SplittingCAPEC-105likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- Format String InjectionCAPEC-135likelihood: High · High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.