CVE-2025-12238
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-12238 is an SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Automated Voting System 1.0 that allows attackers to manipulate database queries via the Username parameter in /admin/user.php. This can lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. Organizations using this voting system software are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- code-projects Automated Voting System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of the voting database including voter data manipulation, credential theft, and potential system takeover leading to election integrity compromise.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive voter information, modification of voting records, and potential privilege escalation within the system.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only error messages or minor data exposure.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub and vuldb.com, making this easily exploitable by attackers with basic SQL injection knowledge.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: https://code-projects.org/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check code-projects.org for security updates 2. Apply any available patches 3. Validate SQL injection protection is implemented
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allImplement strict input validation and parameterized queries for the Username parameter
Web Application Firewall Rules
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting /admin/user.php
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the voting system behind a firewall with strict access controls
- Implement network segmentation to limit database access from the web application
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /admin/user.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in the Username parameterCheck Version:
Check application version in admin panel or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify parameterized queries are implemented and test with SQL injection payloads📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in database logs
- Multiple failed login attempts with SQL syntax in Username field
- Unexpected database errors in application logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /admin/user.php containing SQL keywords like UNION, SELECT, OR 1=1
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/user.php" AND (query CONTAINS "UNION" OR query CONTAINS "SELECT" OR query CONTAINS "OR 1=1")