CVE-2025-13057
📋 TL;DR
Campcodes School Fees Payment Management System 1.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the /ajax.php?action=save_student endpoint via the ID parameter. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the database. All users running version 1.0 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Campcodes School Fees Payment Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including data theft, data manipulation, and potential remote code execution via database functions.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to student and payment data, including personally identifiable information and financial records.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions restricting damage to specific tables.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple SQL injection via ID parameter with public exploit details available.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://www.campcodes.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider implementing input validation and parameterized queries as workaround.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd server-side validation to ensure ID parameter contains only numeric values.
// PHP example: if(!is_numeric($_GET['ID'])) { die('Invalid input'); }
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the /ajax.php endpoint.
# ModSecurity example: SecRule ARGS:ID "@rx (\'|\"|;|--|union|select)" "deny,status:403"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the system from internet access and restrict to internal network only.
- Implement strict network segmentation and monitor all database queries from the application.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test /ajax.php?action=save_student with SQL injection payloads like ID=1' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check application version in admin panel or readme files.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer work and return error or sanitized response.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in application logs
- Multiple requests to /ajax.php with special characters in ID parameter
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL keywords (UNION, SELECT, etc.) in URL parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND url="/ajax.php" AND (url_query="*'*" OR url_query="*UNION*" OR url_query="*SELECT*")