CVE-2025-14248
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-14248 is an SQL injection vulnerability in Simple Shopping Cart 1.0's admin login page that allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This affects all installations of Simple Shopping Cart 1.0 with the vulnerable /adminlogin.php file. Attackers can potentially gain administrative access, steal data, or compromise the entire system.
💻 Affected Systems
- Simple Shopping Cart
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete system compromise including database takeover, data exfiltration, and potential remote code execution leading to full server control.
Likely Case
Administrative account takeover, database manipulation, and sensitive data theft including customer information and payment details.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and database permissions, potentially only error messages or failed login attempts.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit is publicly available and SQL injection attacks are well-understood with many automated tools available.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://code-projects.org/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider migrating to supported e-commerce software or implementing custom fixes with parameterized queries.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd input validation and parameterized queries to adminlogin.php to prevent SQL injection
Edit adminlogin.php to use prepared statements with parameterized queries instead of direct string concatenation
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy a WAF with SQL injection protection rules
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /adminlogin.php using IP whitelisting or network segmentation
- Implement strong authentication mechanisms and monitor for suspicious login attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check if /adminlogin.php exists and contains unsanitized admin_username parameter usage. Test with SQL injection payloads like ' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check the software version in configuration files or about pages, typically in config.php or similarVerify Fix Applied:
Test the admin login with SQL injection payloads to ensure they're rejected or properly handled📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL errors in web server logs
- Multiple failed login attempts with SQL-like patterns
- Successful admin logins from unusual IPs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /adminlogin.php containing SQL keywords like UNION, SELECT, OR
SIEM Query:
source="web_server" AND (uri="/adminlogin.php" AND (request_body CONTAINS "' OR" OR request_body CONTAINS "UNION" OR request_body CONTAINS "SELECT"))