CVE-2025-8471
Published: 02 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-8471 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Projectworlds Online Admission 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 38.9th 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 AC-3 (Access Enforcement).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-8471 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (classified under CWE-74 and CWE-89) in projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0. The issue affects the processing in the /adminlogin.php file, where manipulation of the a_id argument enables SQL injection.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers with network access and low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L, score 7.3). Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through SQL injection.
Advisories from VulDB (https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318521, https://vuldb.com/?id.318521, https://vuldb.com/?submit.626115) and a GitHub issue (https://github.com/tqlfront/CVE/issues/1) document the vulnerability, noting that an exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used. No specific patch or mitigation details are outlined in the core description.
The vulnerability was published on 2025-08-02, with the exploit availability indicating potential for immediate exploitation attempts.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-23440
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in projectworlds Online Admission System 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /adminlogin.php. The manipulation of the argument a_id leads to sql injection. The attack may be…
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initiated remotely. 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?
SQL injection in unauthenticated public-facing web app (/adminlogin.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), abuse of server software components for malicious queries (T1505), and data collection from databases (T1213.006).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of the a_id input parameter in adminlogin.php to block SQL injection payloads before they reach the database.
Enforces that only properly authenticated and authorized subjects may access protected functions, limiting the ability of unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit the login SQLi.
Enables monitoring of application inputs and database queries to identify anomalous SQL statements originating from the /adminlogin.php endpoint.