CVE-2025-8471
Published: 02 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-8471 is a high-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Projectworlds Online Admission System. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 28.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.
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).
NVD Description
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.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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