CVE-2025-2063 Overview
A critical SQL Injection vulnerability has been identified in Projectworlds Life Insurance Management System version 1.0. The vulnerability exists in the /deleteNominee.php file, where improper handling of the nominee_id parameter allows attackers to inject malicious SQL commands. This flaw enables remote attackers to manipulate database queries without authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion of sensitive insurance records.
Critical Impact
Remote attackers can exploit this SQL Injection vulnerability to extract, modify, or delete sensitive life insurance data including policyholder information, nominee details, and financial records without requiring authentication.
Affected Products
- Projectworlds Life Insurance Management System 1.0
Discovery Timeline
- March 7, 2025 - CVE-2025-2063 published to NVD
- May 14, 2025 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-2063
Vulnerability Analysis
This SQL Injection vulnerability occurs in the nominee deletion functionality of the Life Insurance Management System. The application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the nominee_id parameter before incorporating it into SQL queries. When processing requests to /deleteNominee.php, the application directly concatenates user input into database queries, allowing attackers to break out of the intended query structure and execute arbitrary SQL commands.
The vulnerability is particularly dangerous because it is accessible via the network without requiring any authentication or user interaction. An attacker can craft malicious HTTP requests containing SQL payloads in the nominee_id parameter to manipulate the underlying database operations.
Root Cause
The root cause of this vulnerability is a failure to implement proper input validation and parameterized queries (prepared statements) in the /deleteNominee.php file. The application directly incorporates the nominee_id parameter value into SQL statements without escaping special characters or using parameterized queries. This is classified under CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component - Injection).
Attack Vector
The attack can be launched remotely over the network. An attacker sends a specially crafted HTTP request to the /deleteNominee.php endpoint with a malicious nominee_id parameter value containing SQL injection payloads. Common exploitation techniques include:
- Using UNION-based injection to extract data from other database tables
- Employing boolean-based blind injection to enumerate database contents
- Leveraging time-based blind injection for data exfiltration when output is not visible
- Executing stacked queries to perform INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE operations on arbitrary tables
The exploit has been publicly disclosed, increasing the risk of active exploitation. For technical details, refer to the GitHub CVE Issue Discussion and VulDB entry #298819.
Detection Methods for CVE-2025-2063
Indicators of Compromise
- Unusual HTTP requests to /deleteNominee.php containing SQL syntax characters such as single quotes, double dashes, semicolons, or UNION keywords
- Database error messages appearing in application logs or HTTP responses
- Unexpected database queries or modifications in database audit logs
- Abnormal patterns in the nominee_id parameter values including encoded payloads
Detection Strategies
- Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block common SQL injection patterns in HTTP requests
- Enable database query logging and monitor for anomalous queries targeting nominee-related tables
- Implement application-level logging for all requests to /deleteNominee.php and analyze for injection attempts
- Use intrusion detection systems (IDS) with SQL injection signature rules
Monitoring Recommendations
- Monitor web server access logs for requests to /deleteNominee.php with suspicious parameter values
- Configure database activity monitoring to alert on unusual DELETE, UNION SELECT, or data exfiltration queries
- Set up alerts for multiple failed database queries or syntax error responses
- Review application error logs for SQL-related exception messages
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-2063
Immediate Actions Required
- Restrict network access to the Life Insurance Management System to trusted IP addresses only
- Implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with SQL injection protection rules in front of the application
- Consider temporarily disabling the /deleteNominee.php functionality until proper remediation is implemented
- Audit database access logs for signs of prior exploitation
Patch Information
No official vendor patch has been released for this vulnerability at the time of this writing. Organizations using Projectworlds Life Insurance Management System 1.0 should contact the vendor for remediation guidance or implement the workarounds described below. Monitor the VulDB entry for updates.
Workarounds
- Implement input validation to ensure nominee_id only accepts numeric values before processing
- Modify the application code to use prepared statements or parameterized queries instead of string concatenation
- Deploy a reverse proxy or WAF configured to sanitize or block requests containing SQL injection patterns
- Implement network segmentation to limit database access from the web application tier
- Apply principle of least privilege to the database user account used by the application
# Example WAF rule for ModSecurity to block SQL injection attempts
SecRule ARGS:nominee_id "(?i)(\b(union|select|insert|update|delete|drop|exec|execute|xp_|sp_|0x)\b|--|;|')" \
"id:100001,phase:2,deny,status:403,log,msg:'SQL Injection attempt blocked in nominee_id parameter'"
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