CVE-2025-5212 PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System editempexp.php sql injection

What is CVE-2025-5212?

CVE-2025-5212 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System, published on 26 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System 1.3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/editempexp.php. The manipulation of the argument emp1name 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, CWE-74

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5212?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpgurukul Employee Record Management System.

How do I fix CVE-2025-5212?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5212 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2025-5212 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5212 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Employee Record Management System

• CVE-2021-37782 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-44966 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-43451 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-35427 SQL injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-44965 Path traversal in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rqxv-qh6g-hx7g.