Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach web server over network
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DeliveryAccess /admin/approve.php endpoint
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ExploitInject SQL payload in ID parameter
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ExecutionManipulate backend database query
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ImpactExtract credentials or records from database
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Input neutralization, injection prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | The vulnerable component is the /admin/approve.php script in Car Rental System 1.0. The CVSS 4.0 vector assigns PR:N (no privileges required), indicating the public assessment found no enforced authentication barrier; however, the /admin/ path is strongly suggestive of an admin panel, and defenders should verify whether session authentication is actually required before treating this as unauthenticated. Exploitation requires: (1) network reachability to the web server hosting the application, and (2) the unpatched 1.0 release of this specific application to be running. No special tools beyond a standard HTTP client are needed given the trivial SQL injection technique. Exploitation is limited by: the niche and non-production nature of most code-projects.org deployments, possible admin session requirements not reflected in the CVSS, and the very low EPSS probability (0.05%). |
| Impact | The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) characterizes this as unauthenticated, network-accessible with no complexity barrier, yet the resulting score of 5.5 reflects only moderate impact (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L). This impact weighting appears conservative for a SQL injection primitive - full database exfiltration and modification are typically achievable, warranting higher C and I ratings. A material inconsistency exists: the vulnerable script resides at /admin/approve.php, which strongly implies an admin-gated context, yet PR:N is assigned; defenders must verify empirically whether the admin panel enforces authentication before concluding this is exploitable without credentials. EPSS is 0.05% (14th percentile), indicating very low community-assessed exploitation probability. No CISA KEV listing exists. A public POC is confirmed on GitHub. Taken together, the theoretical risk of the SQL injection primitive is high, but realistic exploitation probability is low given the niche deployment footprint and likely admin-auth gate. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with network access to the application sends a crafted HTTP request to /admin/approve.php with a SQL payload injected into the ID parameter (e.g., ID=1' OR '1'='1). The backend PHP script passes this value directly to the database query, allowing the attacker to enumerate tables, extract credentials or booking records, or modify data. A public POC demonstrating this technique is available at https://github.com/MaxedFF/cve/issues/1. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 16, 2026
SQL injection in Car Rental System 1.0 (PHP) allows manipulation of the /admin/approve.php endpoint by supplying a malicious value to the ID parameter, potentially enabling full database read and write operations. A public proof-of-concept exploit is available on GitHub. Despite the unauthenticated vector assigned in the CVSS data, the endpoint's location under /admin/ raises an unresolved question about whether authentication is actually enforced - a critical detail for defenders assessing real exposure. EPSS sits at 0.05% (14th percentile), consistent with the obscure, niche footprint of this code-projects demo application.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis. The primary fix is to replace the direct string interpolation of the ID parameter in /admin/approve.php with a parameterized prepared statement (e.g., PHP PDO or MySQLi with bound parameters), which eliminates the injection vector entirely. As a compensating control, restrict access to the /admin/ directory to trusted source IP addresses via web server access controls (Apache: Require ip / Deny from all; nginx: allow/deny directives) - this significantly reduces the exploitable attack surface but requires IP management overhead. Enforce strong authentication on all admin endpoints if not already present. If the application is not actively used in production, it should be taken offline immediately given no patch is available. Advisory references: https://vuldb.com/?id.314395 and https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6903.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Car Rental System 1.0 is a PHP-based web application distributed by code-projects.org under the author name Anisha (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:anisha:car_rental_system:1.0). The vulnerability resides in /admin/approve.php, where the ID parameter is passed unsanitized into a backend database query. The assigned CWE is CWE-74 (Injection), though the specific root cause is CWE-89 (SQL Injection) - a more precise classification confirmed by the description and the 'SQLi' tag. The absence of parameterized queries or prepared statements allows an attacker to alter query logic, bypass intended access controls, and interact directly with the underlying relational database. This is a classic first-generation PHP injection pattern, well-understood and trivially exploitable with standard tooling.
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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
Admin-path endpoint implies at least low-privilege session required; SQL injection yields full DB read/write, so C:H/I:H; availability impact is partial.
Primary rating from NVD.
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
5DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was found in code-projects Car Rental System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/approve.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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