Database access via unsanitized markof parameter
Published Jul 27, 2025 · Updated Jul 27, 2025
SQL injection in Projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0 allows remote attackers to read and alter database data through admin.php. The admin.php handler inserts the POST markof value directly into an SQL query without sanitization, validation, or parameter binding. The published proof uses a time-based MySQL SLEEP payload and reports that no login or authorization is required, demonstrating database query control without proving host compromise.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0 allows remote attackers to read and alter database data through admin.php. The admin.php handler inserts the POST markof value directly into an SQL query without sanitization, validation, or parameter binding. The published proof uses a time-based MySQL SLEEP payload and reports that no login or authorization is required, demonstrating database query control without proving host compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-8247
- Published
- Jul 27, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Projectworlds
- Product
- Online Admission System
- Classifications
- CWE-74, CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Time-based blind SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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