CVE-2025-9694
📋 TL;DR
Campcodes Advanced Online Voting System 1.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the admin login page that allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This affects all installations of version 1.0 with the vulnerable /admin/login.php file. Attackers can exploit this remotely without authentication to potentially compromise the voting system.
💻 Affected Systems
- Campcodes Advanced Online Voting System
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise allowing data theft, manipulation of voting results, administrative account takeover, and potential server compromise via SQL injection to RCE.
Likely Case
Administrative account takeover leading to unauthorized access, data exfiltration, and manipulation of voting system functionality.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and WAF rules blocking SQL injection patterns.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available on GitHub. SQL injection in login forms is commonly weaponized.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: https://www.campcodes.com/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider migrating to a supported voting system or implementing custom fixes with parameterized queries.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the /admin/login.php endpoint.
Input Validation Filter
allAdd server-side input validation to sanitize Username parameter before processing.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the voting system behind a VPN or restrict access to trusted IP addresses only.
- Implement rate limiting and monitoring on the /admin/login.php endpoint to detect exploitation attempts.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test the /admin/login.php endpoint with SQL injection payloads in the Username parameter (e.g., admin' OR '1'='1).Check Version:
Check the software version in the system's admin panel or configuration files.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify that SQL injection payloads no longer work and that parameterized queries or proper input validation is implemented.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in application logs
- Multiple failed login attempts with SQL-like patterns in Username field
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /admin/login.php containing SQL keywords (UNION, SELECT, OR, etc.) in parameters
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND url="/admin/login.php" AND (param="Username" AND value MATCHES "'.*OR.*|UNION|SELECT.*")