CVE Alert: CVE-2025-9644 – itsourcecode – Apartment Management System

Risk verdict

High risk: remote, unauthenticated SQL injection with a publicly disclosed PoC; exploitation is plausible without user interaction.

Why this matters

The flaw enables attacker-controlled SQL execution against the backend DB, potentially exposing or manipulating tenant or financial data and enabling further compromise. Public PoC and disclosure increase the likelihood of automated exploitation attempts, potentially affecting multiple deployments.

Most likely attack path

An attacker can target the bill_setup.php endpoint remotely, supplying crafted input to the txtBillType parameter. No authentication is required and no user interaction is needed, with low attack complexity and data exfiltration or modification possible if successful. Given scope is unchanged, an initial foothold could lead to broader data access or tampering within the same application context.

Who is most exposed

Web deployments of itsourcecode Apartment Management System are the primary exposure surface, especially installations exposed to the internet or hosted on shared/cloud environments with minimal input validation on legacy PHP scripts.

Detection ideas

• Logs show unusual requests to bill_setup.php containing anomalous txtBillType values.
• SQL error messages or database latency spikes following such requests.
• Web server or WAF alerts for potentially malicious SQL payloads.
• Sudden increases in failed or successful login attempts correlating with suspicious endpoints.
• Outbound database query anomalies or unexpected data volumes from the app.

Mitigation and prioritisation

• Patch or upgrade to a version with proper input handling and parameterised queries; disable or isolate the vulnerable script if a fix is unavailable.
• Implement strong input validation and use prepared statements for all DB interactions.
• Enable a web application firewall and tune rules to detect SQLi payloads on the affected endpoint.
• Restrict network exposure of the management interface; ensure least-privilege DB access from the web app.
• Enhance logging and set up alerting for anomalous DB access patterns; perform prompt verification of any detected activity.