# CVE-2025-5656: PHPGurukul Complaint Management System edit-category.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the edit-category.php file to read or modify database contents.

- **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:** 5 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w674-hww4-mwf2

## What is CVE-2025-5656?

CVE-2025-5656 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Complaint Management System, published on 5 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Complaint Management System 2.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/edit-category.php. The manipulation of the argument description leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated 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-2025-5656?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Complaint Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5656?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5656 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5656 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5656 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Complaint Management System

- [CVE-2025-57151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57151/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-57146](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57146/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-57147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57147/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-57150](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-57150/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2025-4761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4761/): PHPGurukul Complaint Management System admin-profile.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5656 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5656 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Complaint Management System, published on 5 Jun 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-2025-5656 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Complaint Management 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-2025-5656/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5656/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5656
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5656
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5656

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5656/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.