How to fix CVE-2025-70152?

Within 24 hours: Isolate affected systems from production networks and disable public access to /admin/save_user.php and /admin/update_user.php endpoints. Within 7 days: Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to block SQL injection patterns on these endpoints, and conduct database audit for unauthorized access. Within 30 days: Migrate to a patched version when available, or evaluate replacement software; perform full penetration test and security assessment post-remediation.

Is PHP affected by CVE-2025-70152?

A critical SQL injection vulnerability in the Community Project Scholars Tracking System admin interface allows unauthenticated attackers to compromise the entire database, including sensitive student and administrative data.

CVE-2025-70152

CRITICAL

2026-02-18 [email protected]

9.8

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 12, 2026 - 21:55 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Feb 23, 2026 - 17:54 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Feb 18, 2026 - 18:24 nvd

CRITICAL 9.8

Description

code-projects Community Project Scholars Tracking System 1.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in the admin user management endpoints /admin/save_user.php and /admin/update_user.php. These endpoints lack authentication checks and directly concatenate user-supplied POST parameters (firstname, lastname, username, password, user_id) into SQL queries without validation or parameterization.

Analysis

SQL injection in code-projects Community Project Scholars Tracking System 1.0 admin user management. Allows database compromise via admin panel. PoC available.

Technical Context

CWE-89 SQL injection in the admin user management functionality.

Affected Products

['code-projects Community Project Scholars Tracking System 1.0']

Remediation

Use parameterized queries throughout the application.

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.1

CVSS: +49

POC: +20

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