# CVE-2025-4247: SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System delete_task.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in delete_task.php to read or modify database contents in the Simple To-Do List System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`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`)
- **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:** 4 May 2025
- **Updated:** 5 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v7jj-p23v-hq9f

## What is CVE-2025-4247?

CVE-2025-4247 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System, published on 4 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /delete_task.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4247?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Chuck24 Simple To-Do List System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4247?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4247 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4247 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4247 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System

- [CVE-2025-63709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63709/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-4248](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4248/): SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System complete_task.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-10117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10117/): SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System Add New Task fetch_tasks.php cross site scripting (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4247 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4247 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System, published on 4 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4247 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple To-Do List System. 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-2025-4247/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4247/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4247
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4247
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4247

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4247/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.