# CVE-2025-11668: code-projects Automated Voting System update_user.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the update_user.php script to manipulate or access database information.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vfhx-pwpx-j9wx

## What is CVE-2025-11668?

CVE-2025-11668 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Automated Voting System, published on 13 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was determined in code-projects Automated Voting System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/update_user.php. This manipulation of the argument Password causes sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11668?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Automated Voting System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-11668?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11668 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11668 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11668 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Automated Voting System

- [CVE-2025-6352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6352/): code-projects Automated Voting System Backend vote.php direct request (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2023-7126](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7126/): code-projects Automated Voting System Admin Login sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-7127](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7127/): code-projects Automated Voting System Login sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-12238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12238/): code-projects Automated Voting System user.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-11667](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11667/): code-projects Automated Voting System add_candidate_modal.php. sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11668 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11668 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Automated Voting System, published on 13 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11668 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Automated Voting System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11668/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11668/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11668
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11668
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11668

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