CVE-2025-7217
Published: 09 July 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-7217 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Campcodes Payroll Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 43.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-7217 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in Campcodes Payroll Management System 1.0. The issue resides in unknown code within the file /ajax.php?action=save_position, where manipulation of the ID argument triggers the injection.
The vulnerability enables remote exploitation by unauthenticated attackers with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). Successful attacks can achieve low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Advisories and additional details are available via VulDB references including https://github.com/falling-snow1/vuldb/issues/1, https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.315166, https://vuldb.com/?id.315166, and https://vuldb.com/?submit.608251, along with the vendor site at https://www.campcodes.com/. No specific patch or mitigation guidance is detailed in the CVE description.
The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used by attackers.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-20785
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in Campcodes Payroll Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /ajax.php?action=save_position. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct remote exploitation of a public-facing web application via SQL injection in an unauthenticated AJAX endpoint.
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Mitigating Controls
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Directly requires validation and sanitization of untrusted inputs such as the ID argument passed to /ajax.php?action=save_position, blocking SQL injection payloads before they reach the database.
Mandates timely remediation of known flaws such as the publicly disclosed SQL injection in save_position, eliminating the root cause via patching or code correction.
Enables boundary protections (e.g., WAF rules or input filtering at network/application perimeter) that can inspect and drop malicious SQL payloads targeting the vulnerable endpoint.