CVE-2025-44192: High Severity SQL Injection Vulnerability in Simple Barangay Management System v1.0

Overview

The National Vulnerability Database has recently listed a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-44192, concerning the Simple Barangay Management System v1.0. This vulnerability pertains to a SQL injection vulnerability located in the /barangay_management/admin/?page=view_clearance. With a CVSS severity score of 9.8, this vulnerability is deemed critical and requires immediate attention. It poses a significant risk to any organization using the Simple Barangay Management System, as it could potentially lead to a complete system compromise or significant data leakage.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-44192
Severity: Critical (9.8)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise or data leakage

Affected Products

Product | Affected Versions

Simple Barangay Management System | v1.0

How the Exploit Works

This vulnerability occurs due to inadequate input sanitization, allowing an attacker to manipulate SQL queries executed by the application. The attacker sends specially crafted data via the /barangay_management/admin/?page=view_clearance. This data includes malicious SQL statements that, when processed by the application’s server, can modify, delete, or extract sensitive data from the database. In the worst-case scenario, it might even grant the attacker full control over the system.

Conceptual Example Code

Here is an illustrative example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP GET request with a SQL Injection payload in the “id” parameter:

GET /barangay_management/admin/?page=view_clearance&id=1' OR '1'='1 HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com

In this example, the SQL injection payload ‘1’ OR ‘1’=’1′ will always evaluate to true, causing the server to return data that the attacker shouldn’t have access to.

Recommendation

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is advised to apply the vendor’s patch as soon as possible. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) may serve as a temporary mitigation measure. Additionally, it is good practice to validate and sanitize all user inputs and use prepared statements or parameterized queries to prevent SQL injection attacks.