CVE-2025-11111
📋 TL;DR
This SQL injection vulnerability in Campcodes Advanced Online Voting Management System 1.0 allows attackers to manipulate database queries through the ID parameter in /admin/candidates_edit.php. Remote attackers can potentially access, modify, or delete voting system data. Organizations using this specific voting software version are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Campcodes Advanced Online Voting Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of voting database including voter data, candidate information, and election results; potential for data destruction or manipulation of election outcomes.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive voting data, modification of candidate information, and potential privilege escalation within the voting system.
If Mitigated
Limited data exposure if proper input validation and database permissions are implemented, with minimal impact on election integrity.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit requires admin access to reach the vulnerable endpoint; SQL injection techniques are well-documented and easily automated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://www.campcodes.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check vendor website for security updates
2. Apply any available patches
3. Test the fix in a non-production environment
4. Deploy to production systems
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allImplement strict input validation for the ID parameter to only accept numeric values
// PHP example: if(!is_numeric($_GET['ID'])) { die('Invalid input'); }
Web Application Firewall Rules
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the candidates_edit.php endpoint
ModSecurity rule: SecRule ARGS:ID "@detectSQLi" "id:1001,phase:2,deny"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /admin/ directory to trusted IP addresses only
- Implement database user with minimal required permissions (read-only where possible)
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /admin/candidates_edit.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads like: ID=1' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check application version in admin panel or readme filesVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt SQL injection tests and verify they are blocked or produce error messages without database interaction📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- SQL syntax errors in web server logs
- Multiple rapid requests to candidates_edit.php with unusual ID parameters
- Database error messages containing SQL fragments
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST/GET requests to /admin/candidates_edit.php with SQL keywords in parameters
- Unusual database query patterns from web server IP
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/candidates_edit.php" AND (param="ID" AND value MATCHES "[';]|UNION|SELECT|OR")