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CVE-2025-5784: PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System · SQL Injection

Affects PHPGurukul Employee Record Management SystemSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 09:15 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 34% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
PHPGurukul Employee Record Management SystemAffected
  • =1.3
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediate upgrade or patching: Organizations should verify if PHPGurukul has released patches or newer versions addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly. 2. Input validation and sanitization: Implement strict server-side input validation and parameterized queries or prepared statements to prevent SQL injection. 3. Web application firewall (WAF): Deploy a WAF with rules to detect and block SQL injection attempts targeting the 'emp3ctc' parameter and related endpoints. 4. Network segmentation: Restrict access to the Employee Record Management System to trusted internal networks and VPNs to reduce exposure. 5. Monitoring and logging: Enable detailed logging of database queries and web requests to detect anomalous activities indicative of exploitation attempts. 6. Incident response readiness: Prepare to respond to potential data breaches involving employee records, including notification procedures compliant with GDPR. 7. Code review: Conduct a thorough security audit of the entire application to identify and remediate other potential injection points or vulnerabilities.

Description

A vulnerability has been found in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.3 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /myexp.php. The manipulation of the argument emp3ctc leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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