# CVE-2025-9977: Improper neutralization of input in Times Software E-PAYROLL

> Unauthenticated attackers can cause denial of service and disclose internal infrastructure information via unsanitized login parameters in Times Software E-Payroll.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2px2-fw9j-wxf7

## What is CVE-2025-9977?

CVE-2025-9977 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Times Software E-Payroll, published on 18 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Value provided in one of POST parameters sent during the process of logging in to Times Software E-Payroll is not sanitized properly, which allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform DoS attacks. SQL injection attacks might also be feasible, although so far creating a working exploit has been prevented probably by backend filtering mechanisms.
Additionally, command injection attempts cause the application to return extensive error messages disclosing some information about the internal infrastructure. 
Patching status is unknown because the vendor has not replied to messages sent by the CNA.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9977?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9977?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9977 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9977 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9977 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9977 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Times Software E-Payroll, published on 18 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9977 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Times Software E-Payroll. 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-2025-9977/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9977/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9977
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9977
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9977

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9977/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.