# CVE-2025-6331: PHPGurukul Directory Management System search-directory.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the search functionality 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/E:P`)
- **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:** 20 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98vh-p587-rrwx

## What is CVE-2025-6331?

CVE-2025-6331 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Directory Management System, published on 20 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/search-directory.php. The manipulation of the argument searchdata leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched 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-2025-6331?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Directory Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-6331?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-6331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-6331 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Directory Management System

- [CVE-2022-31382](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31382/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-31383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31383/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-31384](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31384/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-29006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29006/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-1160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1160/): PHPGurukul Directory Management System Search index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-6331 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-6331 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Directory Management System, published on 20 Jun 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-2025-6331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Directory 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-2025-6331/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6331/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6331
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6331
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-6331

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6331/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.