CVE-2025-63622
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2025-63622 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Online Complaint Site 1.0 that allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the category parameter in /cms/admin/subcategory.php. This affects all deployments of this software version, potentially compromising the entire database and application.
💻 Affected Systems
- code-projects Online Complaint Site
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise leading to data theft, data destruction, authentication bypass, and potential remote code execution via database functions.
Likely Case
Unauthorized data access, extraction of sensitive information like user credentials, and potential privilege escalation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation, parameterized queries, and database permissions restricting dangerous operations.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires access to the admin interface but SQL injection is straightforward once authenticated.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: None available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Review the referenced GitHub issue for technical details. 2. Manually implement parameterized queries in subcategory.php. 3. Validate and sanitize all user inputs, especially the category parameter.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation Filter
allAdd server-side validation to only accept expected values for the category parameter
Edit /cms/admin/subcategory.php to add validation before SQL execution
Web Application Firewall
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the vulnerable endpoint
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /cms/admin/ directory to trusted IP addresses only
- Implement database user with minimal permissions (no DROP, EXECUTE, or FILE privileges)
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the category parameter in /cms/admin/subcategory.php with SQL injection payloads like ' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check software version in documentation or configuration filesVerify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer execute and return error messages📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL queries in database logs
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by admin access
- Requests to subcategory.php with SQL keywords in parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /cms/admin/subcategory.php containing SQL injection patterns
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/cms/admin/subcategory.php" AND (param="category" AND value MATCHES "(?i)(union|select|insert|delete|update|drop|exec|or|and)")