# CVE-2025-40677: SQL injection vulnerability in Summar Software´s Portal del Empleado

> Attackers can manipulate the database via SQL injection in the employee portal, allowing data retrieval and modification.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cqcc-3gx2-8vg9

## What is CVE-2025-40677?

CVE-2025-40677 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Summar Software Portal del Empleado, published on 18 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SQL injection vulnerability in Summar Software´s Portal del Empleado. This vulnerability allows an attacker to retrieve, create, update, and delete the database by sending a POST request using the parameter “ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$filtroNombre” in “/MemberPages/quienesquien.aspx”.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40677?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-40677?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40677 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-40677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Summar Employee Portal Prior to 3.98.0 Authenticated SQL Injection - CVE-2025-40677 (github_poc): https://github.com/PeterGabaldon/CVE-2025-40677
- Summar Employee Portal  3.98.0 - Authenticated SQL Injection (exploitdb)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40677 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40677 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Summar Software Portal del Empleado, published on 18 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Summar Software Portal del Empleado. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40677/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40677/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40677
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40677
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40677

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40677/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.