CVE-2025-8494
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in Intern Membership Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the ID parameter in /admin/delete_student.php. This can lead to unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. All users running version 1.0 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Intern Membership Management System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including data theft, data destruction, privilege escalation to admin, and potential server takeover via SQL injection to RCE chaining.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive student and administrative data, data manipulation, and potential authentication bypass.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation, parameterized queries, and network segmentation in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details publicly disclosed. Simple SQL injection via ID parameter manipulation.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://code-projects.org/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Check vendor website for updates 2. If patch available, download and apply 3. Replace vulnerable delete_student.php file 4. Test functionality
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Input Validation and Sanitization
allAdd server-side validation to ensure ID parameter contains only numeric values
Modify /admin/delete_student.php to validate ID parameter using is_numeric() or similar function
Web Application Firewall Rules
allBlock SQL injection patterns targeting delete_student.php
Add WAF rule: deny requests to /admin/delete_student.php with SQL keywords in parameters
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict access to /admin/ directory using IP whitelisting or authentication
- Disable or remove delete_student.php functionality if not required
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test by sending SQL injection payload to /admin/delete_student.php?ID=1' OR '1'='1Check Version:
Check system documentation or configuration files for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt SQL injection test and verify proper error handling or rejection📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed SQL queries from single IP
- Unusual database errors in application logs
- Requests to delete_student.php with SQL keywords in parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing SQL injection patterns targeting delete_student.php
- Unusual database connection patterns
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND uri="/admin/delete_student.php" AND (param="*sql*" OR param="*union*" OR param="*select*" OR param="*or*" OR param="*and*")