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CVE-2025-5837VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-5837: 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, 06:26 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 7 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

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

AI-suggested

1. Restrict access to the /admin/allemployees.php interface by implementing network-level controls such as VPNs, IP whitelisting, or firewall rules to limit access to trusted administrators only. 2. Employ Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with SQL Injection detection and prevention capabilities to block malicious payloads targeting the 'delid' parameter. 3. Conduct code review and implement parameterized queries or prepared statements in the PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System source code to eliminate SQL Injection vulnerabilities. 4. Monitor logs for unusual or suspicious activity related to the 'delid' parameter or the /admin/allemployees.php endpoint to detect potential exploitation attempts. 5. If possible, disable or remove the vulnerable functionality temporarily until a vendor patch is available. 6. Educate administrators about the risk and ensure strong authentication and session management to reduce the risk of privilege escalation that could facilitate exploitation. 7. Regularly check for vendor updates or patches and apply them promptly once available.

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.3. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/allemployees.php. The manipulation of the argument delid leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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