CVE Alert: CVE-2025-10798 – code-projects – Hostel Management System

Risk verdict

High risk: remote SQL injection with a publicly available PoC and automatable exploit, demanding urgent attention.

Why this matters

The flaw allows an attacker to tamper with or exfiltrate data from the hostel management backend without authentication, potentially impacting guest records, payments, and staff permissions. If exploited, it can also enable further data integrity issues or downtime, harming customer trust and operations.

Most likely attack path

No user interaction required; network access suffices. An attacker sends crafted values to the view parameter in the admin path, triggering unsanitised SQL execution. With PR:N and UI:N, the attacker can impact confidentiality, integrity and availability without credentials, aiding data theft or modification and possibly enabling broader DB access given the app’s DB privileges.

Who is most exposed

Web deployments of the Hostel Management System (version 1.0) exposed to the internet or poorly isolated admin interfaces are at greatest risk—common in smaller hosts, shared hosting, or on-prem setups with minimal network segmentation.

Detection ideas

• Repeated requests to the admin index with suspicious ID payloads containing SQL keywords.
• SQL errors or unusual database error messages in app or web server logs.
• Anomalous data reads/writes or data dump patterns from the application database.
• WAF alerts for SQL injection patterns in the admin path.
• Sudden spikes in traffic targeting the /mod_roomtype/ endpoint.

Mitigation and prioritisation

• Apply vendor patch or upgrade to a fixed build; validate that parameterised queries/prepared statements are used.
• If patching is delayed, implement WAF rules to block SQL‑injection payloads on the affected endpoint; enable strict input validation.
• Restrict DB credentials for the app to least privilege; isolate the admin interface with network controls and authentication hardening.
• Remove or tightly gate the exposed admin URL, and monitor for PoC patterns in real-time.
• Communicate change-management actions and schedule a rapid test of remediation.