Unauthenticated database access via unescaped username
Published Aug 30, 2025 · Updated Sep 2, 2025
SQL injection in SourceCodester Online Polling System 1.0 allows remote attackers to access or alter its database without authentication. The login handler inserts the POST myusername value directly into an SQL query without cleaning, validation, or parameter binding. Crafted boolean- or time-based conditions can disclose or modify database contents and interrupt the service.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in SourceCodester Online Polling System 1.0 allows remote attackers to access or alter its database without authentication. The login handler inserts the POST myusername value directly into an SQL query without cleaning, validation, or parameter binding. Crafted boolean- or time-based conditions can disclose or modify database contents and interrupt the service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-9699
- Published
- Aug 30, 2025
- Updated
- Sep 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- Online Polling System
- Classifications
- CWE-74, CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Boolean- and time-based blind SQL injection payloadsfunctional · demonstrated
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