Online Admission System
CVE-2025-8338
MEDIUM
Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Network-reachable, unauthenticated endpoint with no complexity barrier; scope unchanged as injection affects only the application's own database; all impacts low per available evidence.
Primary rating from NVD.
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was found in projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /adminac.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
AnalysisAI
SQL injection in projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0 exposes the /adminac.php endpoint to unauthenticated remote database manipulation via an unsanitized id parameter. Any internet-facing deployment of this PHP application allows an attacker to read, modify, or partially disrupt the underlying database without credentials. A public proof-of-concept exploit exists on GitHub, though EPSS exploitation probability sits at just 0.07% (22nd percentile), reflecting the product's extremely narrow deployment footprint rather than reduced exploitability of the flaw itself.
Technical ContextAI
The affected product is projectworlds Online Admission System version 1.0 (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:projectworlds:online_admission_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), a PHP-based academic admission management application. The root cause is CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component - Injection), manifesting as a classic SQL injection: the id parameter passed to /adminac.php is incorporated into a backend SQL query without sanitization, parameterization, or prepared statements. This allows an attacker to inject arbitrary SQL syntax, altering query logic and interacting directly with the database engine. The CVSS 4.0 vector (E:P) confirms a proof-of-concept exploit has been publicly disclosed.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis. The primary remediation is a code-level fix: the id parameter in /adminac.php must be handled via parameterized queries or prepared statements (PDO or MySQLi in PHP) rather than direct string interpolation into SQL. As a compensating control, restrict access to /adminac.php via web server configuration (Apache .htaccess or nginx location blocks) to trusted IP ranges only - this eliminates the remote attack vector but does not fix the underlying flaw and must be maintained as access policies change. Deploying a WAF with SQL injection ruleset (e.g., OWASP ModSecurity CRS rule 942xxx) can detect and block exploitation attempts with low operational overhead. If the application has no active users, taking it offline entirely is the lowest-risk option. References: https://vuldb.com/?id.318290 and https://github.com/Sunhaobin318/CVE/issues/1.
In PHP versions 7.1.x below 7.1.33, 7.2.x below 7.2.24 and 7.3.x below 7.3.11 in certain configurations of FPM setup it
sapi/cgi/cgi_main.c in PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when configured as a CGI script (aka php-cgi), does not
(1) boardData102.php, (2) boardData103.php, (3) boardDataJP.php, (4) boardDataNA.php, and (5) boardDataWW.php in Netgear
The '/common/download_agent_installer.php' script in the Quest KACE System Management Appliance 8.0.318 is accessible by
ProjectSend versions prior to r1720 are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability. Rated critical severity (C
Roundcube Webmail contains a critical PHP object deserialization vulnerability (CVE-2025-49113, CVSS 9.9) that allows au
Util/PHP/eval-stdin.php in PHPUnit before 4.8.28 and 5.x before 5.6.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP c
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS management web interface contains an authentication bypass allowing unauthenticated attackers
Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is re
Nagios XI version xi-5.7.5 is affected by OS command injection. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is re
The get_referers function in /opt/ws/bin/sblistpack in Sophos Web Appliance before 3.7.9.1 and 3.8 before 3.8.1.1 allows
The Backup Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 1
Share
External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today